If something is banded, it has bands: stripes of colour, or strips of a material, going around it or across it.

If something is banded如果某個東西是banded的，it has bands它就帶有帶狀的東西：stripes of colour彩色的條紋，or strips of a material或一條條的材質，going around it or across it環繞著它或橫過它。

A banded snake has rings of colour. A bird with a banded leg has a small ring put on it so people can tell which bird it is. A box that is banded may have tape or metal strips around it to hold it shut.

A banded snake帶有環紋的蛇has rings of colour身上有一圈圈的顏色。A bird with a banded leg腳上套了環的鳥has a small ring put on it身上被套了一個小環so people can tell which bird it is讓人可以分辨是哪一隻鳥。A box that is banded被banded起來的箱子may have tape or metal strips around it可能外面纏了膠帶或金屬條to hold it shut讓它保持關著。

The word can describe a look (it has stripes) or a thing that was done to it (someone put a band on it). Though actually, in everyday talk people often just say striped for colour; banded is a bit more precise, and you meet it a lot in nature books and in packing.

The word can describe a look這個字可以是在描述外觀（it has stripes它有條紋）or a thing that was done to it或是在描述對它做過的事（someone put a band on it有人在它身上套了一個帶子）。Though actually不過其實，in everyday talk在日常說話裡people often just say striped for colour大家講顏色時常常就直接說striped；banded is a bit more precisebanded比較精確一點，and you meet it a lot in nature books and in packing你會在自然科學的書和包裝上常常看到它。

People also stretch it to mean “put into groups,” like prices banded into levels, but the picture in the word is still a set of bands. It does not mean the thing belongs to a music band.

People also stretch it to mean "put into groups"大家也會延伸用它來表示「分成幾組」，like prices banded into levels像是prices banded into levels，but the picture in the word is still a set of bands但這個字腦中的畫面仍然是一圈圈的帶子。It does not mean the thing belongs to a music band它不代表這個東西屬於一個樂團。