繞在腿上的那條帶子
最靠近字源的一支：東西就綁在小腿上，而這個字本來指的正是小腿。
noun · B2
A band of elastic worn around the leg to stop a sock or a stocking from sliding down.
襪帶（綁在腿上的鬆緊帶）
核心畫面
A good picture for garter is a band that goes round something and stops it slipping. Round the leg, it keeps a sock from sliding down. Hanging from a belt with a clip on the end, it keeps a from sliding down. Round the waist of a pair of shorts, it keeps the shorts up. Every use is the same small job: something soft that pulls gently and holds another thing in place.
garter 可以想成一條有彈性的帶子，繞住某個東西，讓它不會滑下去。繞在腿上，襪子就不會往下掉。從腰帶垂下來、末端…更多收起
garter 可以想成一條有彈性的帶子，繞住某個東西，讓它不會滑下去。繞在腿上，襪子就不會往下掉。從腰帶垂下來、末端夾住絲襪，絲襪也不會往下掉。繞在短褲腰上，褲子就不會滑。每一個用法做的都是同一件小事：一條軟軟的東西輕輕拉著，把別的東西固定在原位。From the word’s history
From Old French garet, and behind it a Gaulish and Celtic word for the calf or shank of the leg. The word started by naming the part of the leg, and then came to name the thing tied round it.
經古法文 garet 進入英文，更早可追到高盧語、凱爾特語裡指「小腿、脛」的詞。也就是說，這個字先指腿的那個部位，後來才變成「綁在那個部位上的東西」。
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Two branches
泛指衣服上的鬆緊帶
把「繞一圈、拉住東西」這個畫面從腿擴大到整件衣服，繞的位置變了，工作沒變。
noun · C1
In Philippine English, a band of elastic running round a piece of clothing, such as the one at the waist of a skirt or at the cuff of a sleeve.
（菲律賓英語）衣服上的鬆緊帶