a narrow strip of leather or other material, used especially as a fastening or as the lash of a whip 皮带;条带
an item of clothing fastened by or including such a narrow strip, in particular 用皮带系紧(或饰以条带)的衣服,尤指 ■a skimpy bathing garment or pair of knickers like a G-string (用料极少的)泳装;丁字裤 ■(chiefly N. Amer.). another term for flip-flop (in sense 1) (主北美)。 同 flip-flop(义项 1)
verb
[with obj.](archaic)flog or lash (someone) with a whip (古)鞭打
派生 thonged adjective thongy adjective 语源
Old English thwang, thwong, of Germanic origin; related to German Zwang 'compulsion'. Compare with whang