girded

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. 裝備[文學性]
With audiences in the U.S. falling for the first time in a generation, Hollywood is girding itself for recession. 由於美國觀衆數量在這一代第一次出現下降，好萊隖正在爲衰退做準備。
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)金屬箍[SCOTTISH]