cincture

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
  2. A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
    — In one, dated eighteen years ago, he appeared, wearing only sandals and a cincture of vine leaves, between two classical garden statues.
  3. The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
动词 v.
  1. To encircle, or surround.
  2. To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting).

词形变化

cinctures plural cinctures present,singular,third-person cincturing participle,present cinctured participle,past cinctured past

词汇关系

衍生词
encincture

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Latin cingō
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -tūra
Latin cinctūralbor.
English cincture
Learned borrowing from Latin cinctūra. Cognate with Spanish cintura (“waist”). Doublet of ceinture.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Latin cingō
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -tūra
Latin cinctūralbor.
English cincture
Learned borrowing from Latin cinctūra. Cognate with Spanish cintura (“waist”). Doublet of ceinture.
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