来自古法语garet, 膝盖,腿。原指系长统袜的带子,现指吊袜带。Order of the Garter, 嘉德勋章,英国最古老的骑士勋章,据说来自英王爱德华三世在一次舞会上,其舞伴不小心袜带掉下来,引起其它人的偷笑,爱德华捡起这根吊袜带系在自己的腿上,并说了一名“心怀邪念者蒙羞”。比较中国成语楚王绝缨。
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How does the tiny garter snake avoid death ?
为什么小小的束带蛇可以免于死亡?
I 'll try to catch the garter .
我会尽力抓住带子的。
Fasten with or as if with a garter .
用或仿佛用吊带固定。
He was made a knight of the order of the garter .
他被授予嘉德勋位。
And among garter snakes , male-on-male contact may allow some solitary males to thermoregulate and , therefore , survive .
在花斑蛇之间,同性的亲昵可以让一些落单的雄性获得体温,从而得以生存。
He have to finish it before lunchtime or else they will have his guts for garter .
他非得在午饭前做完这事,要不他们会抽他的筋。
" Don 't come so near me , I beg of you ! " Said the garter . " You look so much like those men-folks . "
“请不要走得离我太近!”袜带说,“你很像一个男人!”
A rough-skinned newt one of the garter 's favorite bits of prey can contain enough tetrodotoxin to kill seven humans .
一条皮肤粗糙的蝾螈,束带蛇最爱的猎物之一,携带了足以杀死七个人的河豚毒素。
Exhibits include an axe used to chop up an ex-girlfriend 's furniture , a red wig from new york and garter belts from sarajevo , which are displayed in rooms with themes such as " rage and fury " and " whims of desire " , afp reported .