girdle

n.
1. waist-belt腰带。
△1H.IV.3.3.169(151):“Nay,an Ido. I pray God my girdle break.”(Proverb: “Ungirt.unblessed.”) 不，我要是那样的话，就祈求上帝让我的腰带断了吧。(按：英谚云“无腰带，福不来”。)
2. waist-belt. (fig.) thing that encloses like a girdle,enclosure 腰带，（比喻）围绕物，围墙。
△H.V.1.Prol.19.“Suppose within the girdle of these walls / Are nowconfined two mighty monarchies，”i.e.The audienceis asked to imagine that two great kingdoms(Englandand France) are shut in within the encircling walls ofthe theatre.请假想在剧场的墙壁围绕之内圈住了两个强大的王国。

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girdle

vt.
1. encircle环绕。
△H.V.5.2.348(321): “for they areall girdled with maiden walls that war hath never en-tered.”因为这些城市都有“处女墙”环绕着，从未让战争侵入过。2. embrace拥抱。
△R.III.4.3.10: “ ‘Thus,thus.’quoth Forrest，‘girdling one another / Within theiralablaster innocent arms.’”弗来斯特说，“这样，这样，他们用两双雪白的纯洁无瑕的手臂互相拥抱着”。

girdle[ˈgə:dl]

n.带，带状物v.束，包围，围绕
‖ girdle traverse横过山坡
girdling n.束腰