來自古法語garet, 膝蓋，腿。原指係長統襪的帶子，現指吊襪帶。Order of the Garter, 嘉德勳章，英國最古老的騎士勳章，據說來自英王愛德華三世在一次舞會上，其舞伴不小心襪帶掉下來，引起其它人的偷笑，愛德華撿起這根吊襪帶係在自己的腿上，並說了一名“心懷邪念者蒙羞”。比較中國成語楚王絕纓。
英文詞源
garter
garter: [14] The ultimate source of garter was probably an unrecorded Gaulish word meaning ‘leg’ (related to Welsh gar ‘leg’). It was borrowed into Old French at some point and used as the basis of the noun garet, which (in relation to people) meant ‘place where the leg bends, knee’. From this in turn was derived Old French gartier ‘band just above or below the knee’, source of English garter.
The British Order of the Garter dates, according to the medieval French chronicler Jean Froissart, from around 1344. The story of its origin, not recorded until over 250 years later and never authenticated, is that while the Countess of Salisbury was dancing with King Edward III, her garter fell off; the king picked it up and put it on his own leg, remarking somewhat cryptically in Anglo-French ‘Honi soit qui mal y pense’ – ‘Shamed be he who thinks evil of it’, and named the order of knighthood which he founded after this very garter.
garter (n.)
"tie or fastening to keep a stocking in place on the leg," early 14c., from Old North French gartier "band just above or below the knee" (Old French jartier, 14c., Modern French jarretière), from garet/jaret "bend of the knee," perhaps from Gaulish (compare Welsh garr "leg"). Garter in reference to the highest order of knighthood (mid-14c.) is from the Order of the Garter, the earliest records of which are entirely lost, but which according to Froissart was established c. 1344 by Edward III, though the usual story of how it came about is late (1614) and perhaps apocryphal. Garter-snake (1775, U.S.) so called from resemblance to a ribbon. Garter belt attested by 1913.
garter (v.)
mid-15c., from garter (n.). Related: Gartered; gartering.
雙語例句
1. The highest Order of Knighthood is the Order of the Garter.
最高騎士勳位是嘉德勳位。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Order of the Garter is an ancient order of chivalry.
嘉德勳位是古老的騎士勳位.
來自辭典例句
3. Who wore funny boxer shorts and garter belts and died decades ago?
由穿著拳擊短褲和吊襪腰帶的幾十年前的死人製定的?
來自電影對白
4. PC . Powermesh garter belt with lace trim, includes G - string.
性感雪紡吊襪帶和丁字褲組合,蕾絲花邊裝飾!
來自互聯網
5. My husband bought me a new garter belt yesterday.