Word · Frequency #20793
girth
周长；围长；（人的）腰围
核心释义
The distance around a person's body or an object; circumference.
- 1.
系于动物腹下以固定马鞍或挽具的带子
A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
- 2.
人体躯干的周长
the distance around a person's body
- 3.
动物腰围部分
The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
- 4.
马具的一种,由环绕马腹的带子组成,用于固定马鞍
stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
- 5.
小型水平支撑或横梁
A small horizontal brace or girder.
- 6.
绕物体测量的距离；周长
The distance measured around an object; the circumference.
- 7.
图中最短环的长度
The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
（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
用法In use
The rider checked the girth before mounting the horse.
用法提示：此处 girth 为名词，指固定马鞍的肚带。
The tailor measured the girth of his waist for the new suit.
用法提示：此处 girth 为名词，表示腰围尺寸。
The tree's girth made it impossible to wrap arms around it.
用法提示：此处 girth 为名词，指物体周围的长度、周长。
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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。
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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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