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a garter for [garment]
for 后接被固定的衣物，如 stockings、sock 或 sleeve，表示用途。
I need a garter for my stockings.
我需要一条配长筒袜的吊袜带。
吊袜带；吊袖带
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吊袜带；吊袖带
A band worn around the leg to hold up a stocking or sock, or around the arm to hold up a sleeve.
I need a garter for my stockings.
我需要一条配长筒袜的吊袜带。
吊袜带,用于固定袜子或长筒袜。
A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
(通常有弹性的)带子,系在腿上以吊起袜子,或系在手臂上以吊起袖子
a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
小斜带(纹章学)。
A bendlet.
She wore a delicate garter under her wedding dress.
她在婚纱下佩戴了一条精致的吊袜带。
He bought a pair of silk garters for his costume.
他为服装买了一条丝质吊袜带。
The garter slipped down her leg during the dance.
跳舞时吊袜带滑落到了她的腿上。
for 后接被固定的衣物，如 stockings、sock 或 sleeve，表示用途。
I need a garter for my stockings.
我需要一条配长筒袜的吊袜带。
around 引出佩戴部位；garter 既可以指腿上的吊袜带，也可以指手臂上的吊袖带。
She wore a garter around her leg.
她腿上戴着一条吊袜带。
made of 后接材质，表示制作原料。
This garter is made of silk.
这条吊袜带是丝绸做的。
Not this
She wears garter to hold up her stockings.
Use this
She wears a garter to hold up her stockings.
garter 是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词 a 表示“一条吊袜带”。中文没有冠词概念，学习者容易漏掉 a。
Not this
She tied the garter on her leg.
Use this
She tied the garter around her leg.
garter 是环绕腿部的带子，应使用介词 around 表示“环绕”，而 on 表示在物体表面上，不符合其穿戴方式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
吊袜腰带（固定长筒袜的弹力腰带）
She wore a garter belt to hold up her stockings.
她穿了一条吊袜腰带以固定长筒袜。
新娘吊袜带（婚礼上新娘佩戴的袜带）
The bride wore a lace wedding garter.
新娘戴了一条蕾丝新娘吊袜带。
抛吊袜带（西方婚礼习俗，新郎取下新娘吊袜带抛向宾客）
The guests laughed during the garter toss.
在抛吊袜带环节，宾客们都笑了。
丝绸吊袜带
She chose a silk garter for the wedding.
她为婚礼挑了一条丝绸吊袜带。
心怀邪念者可耻。
The Order of the Garter—the oldest British order of chivalry—uses this motto, meaning “Shame on him who thinks this evil.”
嘉德勋章是英国最古老的骑士勋章，其格言为“Honi soit qui mal y pense”，意为“心怀邪念者可耻”。
Use garter naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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garter 谐音‘嘎特’，想象弹性吊袜带‘嘎’地勒紧，特别牢固地固定住袜子或长筒袜。
语域：neutral 常见场景：clothing and accessories、wedding traditions、historical dress garter 作名词时通常指固定袜子或长筒袜的弹性带子，多用于日常衣着、婚礼服饰或历史服饰描写。语气整体中性，正式与非正式文本中都可能出现；但该词在现代口语中不算特别常见，更常出现在具体搭配（如 wedding garter）里。
True rhymes with garter: barter, carter, charter, starter, martyr — all have stressed /ɑr/ + t + unstressed /ər/. Watch out: gather /ˈɡæðər/ and gutter /ˈɡʌtər/ look similar but do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.