halter

• n. 韁繩；絞索
• vt. 給…套上韁繩；束縛
• n. (Halter)人名；(德、羅)哈爾特；(法)阿爾泰；(英)霍爾特

來自古英語haelftre,牽馬繩，馬籠頭，來自PIE*kelp,握住，抓住，詞源同helm,helve.引申詞義女式露背裝的繞頸係帶。

halter (n.)

Old English hælfter "rope for leading a horse," from Proto-Germanic *halftra- "that by which something is held" (cognates: Old Saxon haliftra "halter," Old High German halftra, Middle Dutch halfter), from suffixed form of PIE *kelp- "to hold, grasp" (see helve). Also "hangman's noose" (mid-15c.). In women's clothing sense, originally "strap attached to the top of a backless bodice and looped around the neck," 1935, later extended to the tops themselves.

1. She was dressed in a halter top and shorts.

她穿著三角背心和短褲。

來自《權威詞典》

2. We must lead an ox by the halter.

牽牛要牽牛鼻子.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. Name not a halter in his house that hanged himself.

(諺語)房裏有人吊死,千萬別提繩子.

來自辭典例句

4. Two colored boys walk by , leading a mule by the halter.

兩個黑人小夥子牽著一頭驢子走過.

來自辭典例句

5. The groom unsnaps the halter.

馬夫把韁繩解開.

來自辭典例句