belted

Thân thiện

She wears a belted dress to the garden party.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Fitted with or secured by a belt: Describes an item of clothing or an object that has a belt as a part of its design or is held in place by a belt.
   • Characterized by a band or strip: Can describe something marked with a band or strip resembling a belt, often in color or material.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • She wore a belted trench coat to stay warm. (Her coat had a belt attached to it.)
  • The belted ammunition fed smoothly into the machine gun. (The ammunition was connected in a strip or belt.)
  • The belted kingfisher is easily identified by the gray band across its chest. (The bird has a colored band that looks like a belt.)

Advanced Usage

• "Belted out" (Phrasal Verb, Past Tense): Sang or shouted something loudly and forcefully.
  • The singer belted out the final note of the song. (This is the past tense of the phrasal verb "to belt out," meaning to sing very loudly.)
• In heraldry or descriptive zoology, "belted" specifies a pattern of a contrasting band.
  • The belted Galloway is a breed of cattle with a distinctive white band around its midsection.

Variants and Related Words

• Belt (n): A strip of leather, cloth, or other material worn around the waist; a continuous band used in machinery.
• Belt (v): To fasten or secure with a belt; to hit something forcefully (informal).
• Unbelted (adj): Not wearing or secured by a belt.
  • Passengers must not ride unbelted.
• Beltless (adj): Lacking a belt; not having a belt.
  • He preferred a beltless style for his trousers.

Synonyms

• Girdled: Encircled or fastened with a belt or band.
• Sashed: Having or wearing a sash.
• Banded: Marked with a stripe or band.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Belt out (v): To sing or shout something very loudly and enthusiastically.
  • The choir will belt out the national anthem.
• Belt up (v, chiefly British, informal): To be quiet; to stop talking. Also means to fasten one's seatbelt.
  • Belt up, I'm trying to concentrate! (Be quiet.)
  • Please belt up before we drive. (Fasten your seatbelt.)

Related Idioms

• Below the belt: Unfair or unscrupulous, especially in a personal attack.
  • His comment about her family was below the belt.
• Tighten one's belt: To spend less money because one has less of it.
  • After losing his job, he had to tighten his belt.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having or provided with a belt
   • a belted dress