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单词 suspender
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sus•pend•er /səˈspɛndɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. ClothingUsually, suspenders.Also called,[esp. Brit.,] braces. [plural] adjustable straps or bands worn over the shoulders with the ends secured to the waistband of a skirt or a pair of trousers to support it:a pair of red suspenders.
  2. Clothing, British Terms[Brit.]a garter.
See -pend-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sus•pend•er  (sə spendər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. ClothingUsually, suspenders. Also called,[esp. Brit.,] braces. adjustable straps or bands worn over the shoulders with the ends buttoned or clipped to the waistband of a pair of trousers or a skirt to support it.
  2. Clothing, British Terms[Brit.]garter.
  3. Civil Engineeringa hanging cable or chain in a suspension bridge connecting the deck with the suspension cable or chain.
  4. a person or thing that suspends.
  • 1515–25; 1800–10, American. for def. 1; suspend + -er1
sus•pender•less, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
suspender /səˈspɛndə/ n
  1. (often plural) Brit an elastic strap attached to a belt or corset having a fastener at the end, for holding up women's stockings
  2. a similar fastener attached to a garter worn by men in order to support socks
  3. (plural) US Canadian
    Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): braces
  4. a person or thing that suspends, such as one of the vertical cables that carries the deck in a suspension bridge
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gar•ter /ˈgɑrtɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Clothingan article of clothing for holding up a stocking, as an elastic band worn around the leg.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gar•ter  (gärtər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. ClothingAlso called,[Brit.,] sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
  2. Clothinga similar band worn to hold up a shirt sleeve.
  3. Clothinga leather strap for passing through a loop at the back of a boot and buckling around the leg to keep the boot from slipping.
  4. British Terms
    • the badge of the Order of the Garter.
    • membership in the Order.
    • (cap.) the Order itself.
    • (usually cap.) a member of the Order.

v.t. 
  1. to fasten with a garter.
  • Celtic; compare Welsh gar shank, Breton gâr leg
  • Old North French gartier, derivative of garet the bend of the knee
  • Middle English 1300–50
garter•less, adj. 

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