Definition of garter in English:

garter

noun ˈɡɑːtəˈɡɑrdər

1A band worn around the leg to keep a stocking or sock up.
（绑在腿上用以系袜的）袜带
she leaned back, showing the garter on her thigh
Example sentencesExamples
- Do not wear stretch socks, nylon socks, socks with an elastic band or garter at the top, or socks with inside seams.
- Sheridan said: ‘This is the 21st century and we have got people running about in garters and tights and that just doesn't fit with the modern world.
- A wireless transmitter is strapped in a garter to my inner thigh and a video rig is micro-contained inside horn-rimmed glasses.
- You can eat in a lovely little garden lit by fairy lights; the food's served by Thai waitresses, who wear long silk skirts but have pistols in their garters.
- I'm also wearing a blue garter around my left thigh.
- Suave and a touch oily, the magician, all in black with a red-lined cape and red cummerbund, passes his hoop around a young woman in a black corset, garters and stockings who levitates within a shaft of light.
- Common gifts were jewels, gloves, silk stockings, flowers, garters, handkerchiefs, and paperweights.
- The tall blonde lifted her skirts to reveal a small pistol fitted to her garter.
- Not for nothing is Alastair clad in the finest cloth, his plaid trimmed in gold, his stockings tied with silk garters.
- The stockings were held up with dark green garters at my knee.
- To complement all of this, Cinders carries a wonderful range of accessories, shoes, veils, tiaras, feathers, stockings and garters.
1. 1.1 A band worn on the arm to keep a shirtsleeve up.
  （绑在胳膊上以防止衬衫袖子下滑的）袖箍
  Example sentencesExamples
  He had a handle bar mustache and still wore garters on his sleeves.
2. 1.2North American A suspender for a sock or stocking.
  〈北美〉吊袜带
  Example sentencesExamples
  Olivia could only laugh as she hooked her stockings onto the garters.
  Then they rolled up the thigh high stockings and connected them to the garters.
  In the practice room, Kirby had changed into a satin corset with garters that held up ivory stockings.
  Underneath the skirt were two garters that were attached to a lace band around each leg, and she wore two gold bands similar to the ones she wore now, only more ornate, on her wrists.
  She wore cream colored stockings held up with garters from her corset.
2
short for Order of the Garter
1. 2.1 Membership of the Order of the Garter.
  ORDER OF THE GARTER 的简称
  the Duke of Kent had to wait until his fiftieth birthday for the Garter
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Knights and Ladies of the Garter were dressed in dark blue velvet robes adorned with the garter, star and collar, red velvet hoods, worn on the right shoulder, and black velvet bonnets topped with swaying ostrich plumes.
  He sat on his bed, still wearing his Garter, Order of Merit and knee-breeches.
  Calamity promises the patrons of the Garter that she will personally bring Miss Adams back from Chicago to South Dakota.
  The new appointments follow the deaths of the Queen Mother, the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Hailsham and Lord Longford, who were all members of the Garter.
  Under Edward IV no fewer than eight foreign sovereigns came in this way to be admitted to the Garter, including Charles ‘the Bold’ of Burgundy and Ferdinand of Spain.
  In the political climate of the time, the Garter carried more than usual significance, since it was deliberately deployed to support the legitimacy of the Hanoverian succession.
  She turned to see him standing there looking quite dashing in a tuxedo with a blue garter over the vest and some medals on the left side of the lapel.
  Being museum types, it was a plastic file with photocopies, but as a memorial to achievement, it meant more than the Garter or a peerage or a letterhead of doctorates.
  It seems most unlikely, therefore, that he would have chosen not to include the Garter had he been entitled to it when the plates were commissioned, and its absence is perhaps explained by the length of time it took to complete them.
  He acquired from Burgundy copies of works of conquest such as a Life of Julius Caesar displaying his collar of the Golden Fleece and the Garter to emphasise that the Fleece or the philosopher's stone was his regained kingdom.
  It must postdate Sir Thomas's award of the Garter in 1503, and the use of renaissance ornament in English glass occurs from about 1515 onwards.
  St. George's Chapel is associated with the Order, not least as it is where the Garter service is held each year.

Derivatives

gartered

adjective

And as I looked down at the fatigued carbon fibre and the twisted titanium, a tiny spring uncoiled itself with a metallic hiss and one of the Locum's knees jerked, the gartered leg extending itself towards me in one final reflex action.
Example sentencesExamples
- However much the glamorous image of the corseted and gartered, smoky-voiced chanteuse remains, he says they never bought into that aspect of the culture.
- Don't imagine that this material comprised tame pictures of gartered ladies standing in front of cheese plants; any permutation or peccadillo you can conceive is represented in the work that has survived from the period.
- No lights, no water, but, strangely, on Bourbon Street, a generator churned noisily to life and a model of a woman's leg, gartered and fishnetted, began to swing back and forth from above the entrance to the club.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French gartier, from garet 'bend of the knee, calf of the leg', probably of Celtic origin.

Rhymes

barter, Bata, cantata, carter, cassata, charter, chipolata, ciabatta, darter, desiderata, errata, imprimatur, Inkatha, Jakarta, Magna Carta, Maratha, martyr, Odonata, passata, persona non grata, rata, Renata, Río de la Plata, serenata, sonata, Sparta, starter, strata, taramasalata, tartar, Tatar, Zapata

Definition of garter in US English:

garter

nounˈɡärdərˈɡɑrdər

1A band worn around the leg to keep up a stocking or sock.
（绑在腿上用以系袜的）袜带
Example sentencesExamples
- The tall blonde lifted her skirts to reveal a small pistol fitted to her garter.
- Suave and a touch oily, the magician, all in black with a red-lined cape and red cummerbund, passes his hoop around a young woman in a black corset, garters and stockings who levitates within a shaft of light.
- You can eat in a lovely little garden lit by fairy lights; the food's served by Thai waitresses, who wear long silk skirts but have pistols in their garters.
- Not for nothing is Alastair clad in the finest cloth, his plaid trimmed in gold, his stockings tied with silk garters.
- A wireless transmitter is strapped in a garter to my inner thigh and a video rig is micro-contained inside horn-rimmed glasses.
- Do not wear stretch socks, nylon socks, socks with an elastic band or garter at the top, or socks with inside seams.
- Sheridan said: ‘This is the 21st century and we have got people running about in garters and tights and that just doesn't fit with the modern world.
- I'm also wearing a blue garter around my left thigh.
- The stockings were held up with dark green garters at my knee.
- Common gifts were jewels, gloves, silk stockings, flowers, garters, handkerchiefs, and paperweights.
- To complement all of this, Cinders carries a wonderful range of accessories, shoes, veils, tiaras, feathers, stockings and garters.
1. 1.1 A band worn on the arm to keep a shirtsleeve up.
  （绑在胳膊上以防止衬衫袖子下滑的）袖箍
  Example sentencesExamples
  He had a handle bar mustache and still wore garters on his sleeves.
2. 1.2North American A suspender for a sock or stocking.
  〈北美〉吊袜带
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the practice room, Kirby had changed into a satin corset with garters that held up ivory stockings.
  Then they rolled up the thigh high stockings and connected them to the garters.
  Underneath the skirt were two garters that were attached to a lace band around each leg, and she wore two gold bands similar to the ones she wore now, only more ornate, on her wrists.
  She wore cream colored stockings held up with garters from her corset.
  Olivia could only laugh as she hooked her stockings onto the garters.
2the Garter
short for Order of the Garter
1. 2.1 The badge or membership of the Order of the Garter.
  ORDER OF THE GARTER 的简称
  Example sentencesExamples
  She turned to see him standing there looking quite dashing in a tuxedo with a blue garter over the vest and some medals on the left side of the lapel.
  St. George's Chapel is associated with the Order, not least as it is where the Garter service is held each year.
  Calamity promises the patrons of the Garter that she will personally bring Miss Adams back from Chicago to South Dakota.
  The Knights and Ladies of the Garter were dressed in dark blue velvet robes adorned with the garter, star and collar, red velvet hoods, worn on the right shoulder, and black velvet bonnets topped with swaying ostrich plumes.
  Under Edward IV no fewer than eight foreign sovereigns came in this way to be admitted to the Garter, including Charles ‘the Bold’ of Burgundy and Ferdinand of Spain.
  It must postdate Sir Thomas's award of the Garter in 1503, and the use of renaissance ornament in English glass occurs from about 1515 onwards.
  In the political climate of the time, the Garter carried more than usual significance, since it was deliberately deployed to support the legitimacy of the Hanoverian succession.
  The new appointments follow the deaths of the Queen Mother, the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Hailsham and Lord Longford, who were all members of the Garter.
  He sat on his bed, still wearing his Garter, Order of Merit and knee-breeches.
  He acquired from Burgundy copies of works of conquest such as a Life of Julius Caesar displaying his collar of the Golden Fleece and the Garter to emphasise that the Fleece or the philosopher's stone was his regained kingdom.
  Being museum types, it was a plastic file with photocopies, but as a memorial to achievement, it meant more than the Garter or a peerage or a letterhead of doctorates.
  It seems most unlikely, therefore, that he would have chosen not to include the Garter had he been entitled to it when the plates were commissioned, and its absence is perhaps explained by the length of time it took to complete them.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French gartier, from garet ‘bend of the knee, calf of the leg’, probably of Celtic origin.

词汇	garter
释义	Definition of garter in English: garter noun ˈɡɑːtəˈɡɑrdər 1A band worn around the leg to keep a stocking or sock up. （绑在腿上用以系袜的）袜带 she leaned back, showing the garter on her thigh Example sentencesExamples Do not wear stretch socks, nylon socks, socks with an elastic band or garter at the top, or socks with inside seams. Sheridan said: ‘This is the 21st century and we have got people running about in garters and tights and that just doesn't fit with the modern world. A wireless transmitter is strapped in a garter to my inner thigh and a video rig is micro-contained inside horn-rimmed glasses. You can eat in a lovely little garden lit by fairy lights; the food's served by Thai waitresses, who wear long silk skirts but have pistols in their garters. I'm also wearing a blue garter around my left thigh. Suave and a touch oily, the magician, all in black with a red-lined cape and red cummerbund, passes his hoop around a young woman in a black corset, garters and stockings who levitates within a shaft of light. Common gifts were jewels, gloves, silk stockings, flowers, garters, handkerchiefs, and paperweights. The tall blonde lifted her skirts to reveal a small pistol fitted to her garter. Not for nothing is Alastair clad in the finest cloth, his plaid trimmed in gold, his stockings tied with silk garters. The stockings were held up with dark green garters at my knee. To complement all of this, Cinders carries a wonderful range of accessories, shoes, veils, tiaras, feathers, stockings and garters. 1.1 A band worn on the arm to keep a shirtsleeve up. （绑在胳膊上以防止衬衫袖子下滑的）袖箍 Example sentencesExamples He had a handle bar mustache and still wore garters on his sleeves. 1.2North American A suspender for a sock or stocking. 〈北美〉吊袜带 Example sentencesExamples Olivia could only laugh as she hooked her stockings onto the garters. Then they rolled up the thigh high stockings and connected them to the garters. In the practice room, Kirby had changed into a satin corset with garters that held up ivory stockings. Underneath the skirt were two garters that were attached to a lace band around each leg, and she wore two gold bands similar to the ones she wore now, only more ornate, on her wrists. She wore cream colored stockings held up with garters from her corset. 2 short for Order of the Garter 2.1 Membership of the Order of the Garter. ORDER OF THE GARTER 的简称 the Duke of Kent had to wait until his fiftieth birthday for the Garter Example sentencesExamples The Knights and Ladies of the Garter were dressed in dark blue velvet robes adorned with the garter, star and collar, red velvet hoods, worn on the right shoulder, and black velvet bonnets topped with swaying ostrich plumes. He sat on his bed, still wearing his Garter, Order of Merit and knee-breeches. Calamity promises the patrons of the Garter that she will personally bring Miss Adams back from Chicago to South Dakota. The new appointments follow the deaths of the Queen Mother, the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Hailsham and Lord Longford, who were all members of the Garter. Under Edward IV no fewer than eight foreign sovereigns came in this way to be admitted to the Garter, including Charles ‘the Bold’ of Burgundy and Ferdinand of Spain. In the political climate of the time, the Garter carried more than usual significance, since it was deliberately deployed to support the legitimacy of the Hanoverian succession. She turned to see him standing there looking quite dashing in a tuxedo with a blue garter over the vest and some medals on the left side of the lapel. Being museum types, it was a plastic file with photocopies, but as a memorial to achievement, it meant more than the Garter or a peerage or a letterhead of doctorates. It seems most unlikely, therefore, that he would have chosen not to include the Garter had he been entitled to it when the plates were commissioned, and its absence is perhaps explained by the length of time it took to complete them. He acquired from Burgundy copies of works of conquest such as a Life of Julius Caesar displaying his collar of the Golden Fleece and the Garter to emphasise that the Fleece or the philosopher's stone was his regained kingdom. It must postdate Sir Thomas's award of the Garter in 1503, and the use of renaissance ornament in English glass occurs from about 1515 onwards. St. George's Chapel is associated with the Order, not least as it is where the Garter service is held each year. Derivatives gartered adjective And as I looked down at the fatigued carbon fibre and the twisted titanium, a tiny spring uncoiled itself with a metallic hiss and one of the Locum's knees jerked, the gartered leg extending itself towards me in one final reflex action. Example sentencesExamples However much the glamorous image of the corseted and gartered, smoky-voiced chanteuse remains, he says they never bought into that aspect of the culture. Don't imagine that this material comprised tame pictures of gartered ladies standing in front of cheese plants; any permutation or peccadillo you can conceive is represented in the work that has survived from the period. No lights, no water, but, strangely, on Bourbon Street, a generator churned noisily to life and a model of a woman's leg, gartered and fishnetted, began to swing back and forth from above the entrance to the club. Origin Middle English: from Old French gartier, from garet 'bend of the knee, calf of the leg', probably of Celtic origin. Rhymes barter, Bata, cantata, carter, cassata, charter, chipolata, ciabatta, darter, desiderata, errata, imprimatur, Inkatha, Jakarta, Magna Carta, Maratha, martyr, Odonata, passata, persona non grata, rata, Renata, Río de la Plata, serenata, sonata, Sparta, starter, strata, taramasalata, tartar, Tatar, Zapata Definition of garter in US English: garter nounˈɡärdərˈɡɑrdər 1A band worn around the leg to keep up a stocking or sock. （绑在腿上用以系袜的）袜带 Example sentencesExamples The tall blonde lifted her skirts to reveal a small pistol fitted to her garter. Suave and a touch oily, the magician, all in black with a red-lined cape and red cummerbund, passes his hoop around a young woman in a black corset, garters and stockings who levitates within a shaft of light. You can eat in a lovely little garden lit by fairy lights; the food's served by Thai waitresses, who wear long silk skirts but have pistols in their garters. Not for nothing is Alastair clad in the finest cloth, his plaid trimmed in gold, his stockings tied with silk garters. A wireless transmitter is strapped in a garter to my inner thigh and a video rig is micro-contained inside horn-rimmed glasses. Do not wear stretch socks, nylon socks, socks with an elastic band or garter at the top, or socks with inside seams. Sheridan said: ‘This is the 21st century and we have got people running about in garters and tights and that just doesn't fit with the modern world. I'm also wearing a blue garter around my left thigh. The stockings were held up with dark green garters at my knee. Common gifts were jewels, gloves, silk stockings, flowers, garters, handkerchiefs, and paperweights. To complement all of this, Cinders carries a wonderful range of accessories, shoes, veils, tiaras, feathers, stockings and garters. 1.1 A band worn on the arm to keep a shirtsleeve up. （绑在胳膊上以防止衬衫袖子下滑的）袖箍 Example sentencesExamples He had a handle bar mustache and still wore garters on his sleeves. 1.2North American A suspender for a sock or stocking. 〈北美〉吊袜带 Example sentencesExamples In the practice room, Kirby had changed into a satin corset with garters that held up ivory stockings. Then they rolled up the thigh high stockings and connected them to the garters. Underneath the skirt were two garters that were attached to a lace band around each leg, and she wore two gold bands similar to the ones she wore now, only more ornate, on her wrists. She wore cream colored stockings held up with garters from her corset. Olivia could only laugh as she hooked her stockings onto the garters. 2the Garter short for Order of the Garter 2.1 The badge or membership of the Order of the Garter. ORDER OF THE GARTER 的简称 Example sentencesExamples She turned to see him standing there looking quite dashing in a tuxedo with a blue garter over the vest and some medals on the left side of the lapel. St. George's Chapel is associated with the Order, not least as it is where the Garter service is held each year. Calamity promises the patrons of the Garter that she will personally bring Miss Adams back from Chicago to South Dakota. The Knights and Ladies of the Garter were dressed in dark blue velvet robes adorned with the garter, star and collar, red velvet hoods, worn on the right shoulder, and black velvet bonnets topped with swaying ostrich plumes. Under Edward IV no fewer than eight foreign sovereigns came in this way to be admitted to the Garter, including Charles ‘the Bold’ of Burgundy and Ferdinand of Spain. It must postdate Sir Thomas's award of the Garter in 1503, and the use of renaissance ornament in English glass occurs from about 1515 onwards. In the political climate of the time, the Garter carried more than usual significance, since it was deliberately deployed to support the legitimacy of the Hanoverian succession. The new appointments follow the deaths of the Queen Mother, the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Hailsham and Lord Longford, who were all members of the Garter. He sat on his bed, still wearing his Garter, Order of Merit and knee-breeches. He acquired from Burgundy copies of works of conquest such as a Life of Julius Caesar displaying his collar of the Golden Fleece and the Garter to emphasise that the Fleece or the philosopher's stone was his regained kingdom. Being museum types, it was a plastic file with photocopies, but as a memorial to achievement, it meant more than the Garter or a peerage or a letterhead of doctorates. It seems most unlikely, therefore, that he would have chosen not to include the Garter had he been entitled to it when the plates were commissioned, and its absence is perhaps explained by the length of time it took to complete them. Origin Middle English: from Old French gartier, from garet ‘bend of the knee, calf of the leg’, probably of Celtic origin.
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