Word · Frequency #20793
girth
周长；围长；（人的）腰围
The distance around a person's body or an object; circumference.
- 1.
A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
系于动物腹下以固定马鞍或挽具的带子
- 2.
the distance around a person's body
人体躯干的周长
- 3.
The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
动物腰围部分
- 4.
stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
马具的一种,由环绕马腹的带子组成,用于固定马鞍
- 5.
A small horizontal brace or girder.
小型水平支撑或横梁
- 6.
The distance measured around an object; the circumference.
绕物体测量的距离；周长
- 7.
The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
图中最短环的长度
（马等的）肚带；（动物系肚带的）腹部；肚带部位；横撑；小横梁；（图论的）围长；系于动物腹下以固定马鞍或挽具的带子
In use
The rider checked the girth before mounting the horse.
The tailor measured the girth of his waist for the new suit.
The tree's girth made it impossible to wrap arms around it.
the girth of sth
用于表示物体或人体躯干的周长、围长。
The girth of the tree was over three meters.
这棵树的周长超过三米。
measure the girth of sth
常见于体检或裁缝场景，指量腰围、胸围等。
The nurse measured the girth of the patient's waist.
护士测量了病人腰部的围长。
a horse's girth
指绕过马腹固定马鞍的带子。
Tighten the horse's girth before you ride.
Connections
Collocations
- waist girth
- 腰围
- The tailor measured his waist girth for the new suit.裁缝为他量了腰围来做新西装。
- tree girth
- 树干的围长
- The tree girth has increased by several centimeters this year.今年这棵树的树干围长增加了几厘米。
- measure the girth
- 测量周长
- You need a tape measure to measure the girth of the package.你需要一把卷尺来测量包裹的周长。
- girth measurement
- 围度测量
- The doctor recorded the patient's chest girth measurement.医生记录了病人的胸围测量值。
- girth of the trunk
- 树干的周长
- The girth of the trunk suggests the tree is over a hundred years old.树干的周长表明这棵树已超过一百年。
- increase in girth
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象字母 g 像绳子绕物体一圈返回原点，girth 就是绕一圈量的周长/腰围；马肚带同样绕腹一圈固定马鞍。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：horse riding and saddlery、formal descriptions of circumference、health and body measurement 该词的语域随含义变化：表示“周长、围长”或“腰围”时多用于正式或测量语境，如测量物体或人体；表示“肚带”时通常出现在马术或马具相关语境中。日常口语中不很常用，多见于书面或专业场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 girth（/ɡɝθ/）押韵：birth, berth, mirth, worth, earth, firth。注意 girt /ɡɝt/ 和 girl /ɡɝl/ 形似但不押韵；north /nɔrθ/、fourth /fɔrθ/ 也形似，但元音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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