strap

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strap1 /stræp/ ●●○ noun [countable]   Da narrow band of strong material that is used to fasten, hang, or hold onto something 带子 a bra strap 胸罩肩带 The strap of my bag is broken. 我包上的带子断了。 → chinstrap, shoulder strap →5 see picture at 见图 bag1

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strap• Therefore the lifting of so much as a strap was unthinkably degrading.• This one has adjustable straps for your comfort and a high-back padded headrest for your baby's.• The users, however, may need braces or straps that keep their hands fixed at their keyboards.• He untied the restraining straps, the dust rising softly in the lamplight.• New hand-held bags are introduced this season, double handled or single, with or without shoulder straps.• With style, cutaway sides, thin straps on the back.strap2 verb (strapped, strapping) [transitive]  1  [always + adverb/preposition]FASTEN/DO UP to fasten something or someone in place with one or more straps 用带子束住，捆绑strap something on/down etc He was only ten when he strapped on a guitar for the first time. 他第一次背上吉他时才十岁。 soldiers with grenades strapped to their belts 腰带上绑着手榴弹的士兵be strapped in (=have a belt fastened around you in a car) 〔在汽车里〕系好安全带 Are the kids strapped in? 孩子们系好安全带了吗？2. British English (also strap up)MH to tie bandages firmly round a part of your body that has been hurt 〔用绷带〕包扎〔伤口〕n Grammar Strap is often used in the passive.→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

strap• As a child, she was strapped into braces that foreclosed movement and left sores on her back.• Waiting for them there are a team of technicians who will help them strap into the couches for the launch.• As the name suggests, you simply roll it up and strap it round.be strapped in• Always make sure that all passengers and heavy loads are strapped in.• Appearing in the Living Curtain meant that their arms were strapped in an outstretched position from the interval until the finale.Origin strap1 (1600-1700) strop

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strap¹ /stræp/ noun [countable]
a narrow band of strong material that is used to fasten, hang, or hold onto something:
    a bra strap
    The strap of my bag is broken. ⇨ chinstrap, shoulder strap

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strap² verb (past tense and past participle strapped, present participle strapping) [transitive]
1. [always + adverb/preposition] to fasten something or someone in place with one or more straps
    strap something on/down etc
    He was only ten when he strapped on a guitar for the first time.
    soldiers with grenades strapped to their belts
    be strapped in (=have a belt fastened around you in a car)
    Are the kids strapped in?
2. [often passive] British English (also strap up) to tie bandages firmly round a part of your body that has been hurt