girding

柯林斯词典

gird /ɡɪrd/ (girding,girded,girds)

• 1. V-T If you gird yourself for a battle or contest, you prepare yourself for it. 装备[文学性]

  With audiences in the U.S. falling for the first time in a generation, Hollywood is girding itself for recession. 由于美国观众数量在这一代第一次出现下降，好莱坞正在为衰退做准备。

• 2. V-T to jeer (at someone); mock 嘲笑

• 3. N-COUNT a hoop, especially a child's hoop. (尤指小孩玩的)金属箍[SCOTTISH]

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