girth /ˈgɝθ/
 腰身,周長,肚帶(vt.)圍繞,包圍(vi.)圍長為


 girth /ˈgɝθ/ 名詞
 圍,圍長


 Girth n.
 1. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.
 2. The measure around any object, such as a body at the waist or belly, or a box ; the circumference of anything; as, in order to be acceptable for mailing, the total of height and girth of a package must not exceed 63 inches.
    He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth.   --Addison.
 3. A small horizontal brace or girder.


 Girth, v. t.  To bind as with a girth. [R.]

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 girth
      n 1: the distance around a person's body
      2: stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that
         holds the saddle in place [syn: cinch]
      v 1: encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields" [syn: girt,
            begird, gird]
      2: tie a cinch around; "cinch horses" [syn: cinch]