cincture

/singk-cher/US // ˈsɪŋk tʃər //UK // (ˈsɪŋktʃə) //

酊剂,酊状物,酊体,酊头

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a belt or girdle.
- : something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does; a surrounding border: The midnight sky had a cincture of stars.
- : a fillet at either end of a shaft, especially one at the lower end.Compare orle.
- : the act of girding or encompassing.

v.有主动词 verb

1
cinc·tured, cinc·tur·ing.
- : to gird with or as if with a cincture; encircle; encompass.

nounband

Synonyms

It stands in marked contrast with the of the valiant Lycians, whose short and spare tunic required no cincture to confine it.
He stood unarmed, except for the knife and war-axe swinging from crimson-beaded sheaths at his cincture.
Their only covering was a cincture or apron of green leaves; they were gaily painted, some one colour and some another.
He knotted the cincture around his middle and thrust his hands into the pockets, turning to me for approval.
The shore line drew a cincture of pines across the broad base, where it faded unreal into the mist.