- a strip of woven material used to bind up a wound or to protect an injured part of the body(用于包扎伤口或保护受伤部位的)绷带:
her leg was swathed in bandages
她的腿裹着绷带
mass noun a strip of bandage.一条绷带。
with obj.
- bind (a wound or a part of the body) with a protective strip of material用绷带包扎(伤口); 缠裹(身体部位):
bandage the foot so that the ankle is supported
用绷带把脚裹起来以保护脚踝
the doctors bandaged up his wounds.
医生用绷带把他的伤口包扎起来。
词源
late 16th cent.: from French, from bande (see BAND1).