girth
n
1 [U, C]
(a) distance round sth of approximately cylindrical shape (近似圆柱体的)围长
a tree 1 metre in girth/with a girth of 1 metres 干围1米[1 米].
(b) waist measurement of a person (人的)腰围, 腰身
His girth is 1 metres. 他的腰身为1米.
a man of enormous girth 腰围粗大的男子.
2 [C] (US cinch) leather or cloth band or strap fastened tightly round the body of a horse, etc to keep the saddle in place (马等的)肚带, 腰带.
Of course, I'll visit at least once a year, maybe more.
当然,我最少每年会来拜访一次,也许更多次。
I'm reading a book.
我在看书。
We can perhaps forgive those who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo's spyglass if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth;