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- a device, typically a strip of leather, for sharpening razors磨剃刀皮带, 革砥。
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- S. African a leather strap, especially the strap on a yoke that is fastened under the throat of a draught animal〈南非〉（尤指系在上轭役畜颈下的）皮条, 皮带。
- ORIGIN: Afrikaans, from Dutch strop 'noose'.
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- Nautical a collar of leather or spliced rope or iron used for handling cargo【航海】（捆绑货物用皮革、编绳子或铁索的）环索, 吊索。
(stropped, stropping)with obj.
- sharpen on or with a strop在革砥上磨; 用革砥磨：
he stropped a knife razor-sharp on his belt.
他用自己皮带把刀子磨得非常锋利。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'thong', also as a nautical term）： probably a West Germanic adoption of Latin stroppus 'thong'.