英语词汇“gird”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gird

(gɜːʳd )

Word forms: girds , girding , girded

1. verb

If you gird yourself for a battle or contest, you prepare yourself for it. [literary]

With audiences in the U.S. falling for the first time in a generation, Hollywood is girding itself for recession. [V pron-refl + for]

2. to gird your loins phrase [VERB inflects]

If you gird your loins, you prepare to do something difficult or dangerous. [literary]

Idioms:

gird your loins or gird up your loins

to prepare yourself to deal with a difficult or stressful situation

He is girding up his loins for another round of high-level meetings.

单词	gird
释义	gird (gɜːʳd ) Word forms: girds , girding , girded 1. verb If you gird yourself for a battle or contest, you prepare yourself for it. [literary] With audiences in the U.S. falling for the first time in a generation, Hollywood is girding itself for recession. [V pron-refl + for] 2. to gird your loins phrase [VERB inflects] If you gird your loins, you prepare to do something difficult or dangerous. [literary] Idioms: gird your loins or gird up your loins to prepare yourself to deal with a difficult or stressful situation He is girding up his loins for another round of high-level meetings. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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