Word · Frequency #16480
garter
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.
- 1.
A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
吊袜带,用于固定袜子或长筒袜。
- 2.
a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
(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
- 3.
A bendlet.
小斜带(纹章学)。
（纹章）细斜带；吊袜带,用于固定袜子或长筒袜。；(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；小斜带(纹章学)。；袜带
In use
She wore a delicate garter under her wedding dress.
He bought a pair of silk garters for his costume.
The garter slipped down her leg during the dance.
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。
wear a garter + [prepositional phrase]
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。
a garter made of [material]
made of 后接材质，表示制作原料。
This garter is made of silk.
Connections
Collocations
- garter belt
- 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。
- wedding garter
- 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。
- garter toss
- 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。
- silk garter
- 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。
Pop culture & quotes
- Honi soit qui mal y pense
- 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.”
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
Learn the forms together
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