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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Band \Band\ (b[a^]nd), n. [OE. band, bond, Icel. band; akin to
   G., Sw., & D. band, OHG. bant, Goth. banti, Skr. bandha a
   binding, bandh to bind, for bhanda, bhandh, also to E. bend,
   bind. In sense 7, at least, it is fr. F. bande, from OHG.
   bant. [root]90 See {Bind}, v. t., and cf. {Bend}, {Bond}, 1st
   {Bandy}.]
   1. A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing
      is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things
      are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.

            Every one's bands were loosed.        --Acts xvi.
                                                  26.

   2. (Arch.)
      (a) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments,
          as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
      (b) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of
          moldings, which encircles the pillars and small
          shafts.

   3. That which serves as the means of union or connection
      between persons; a tie. ``To join in Hymen's bands.''
      --Shak.

   4. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th
      centuries.

   5. pl. Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as
      part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

   6. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article
      of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.
      ``Band and gusset and seam.'' --Hood.

Band \Band\ (b[a^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banded}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Banding}.]
   1. To bind or tie with a band.

   2. To mark with a band.

   3. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. ``Banded
      against his throne.'' --Milton.

   {Banded architrave}, {pier}, {shaft}, etc. (Arch.), an
      architrave, pier, etc., of which the regular profile is
      interrupted by blocks or projections crossing it at right
      angles.

Band \Band\, v. i.
   To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire
   together.

         Certain of the Jews banded together.     --Acts xxiii.
                                                  12.

Band \Band\, v. t.
   To bandy; to drive away. [Obs.]

Band \Band\,
   imp. of {Bind}. [Obs.]

資料來源 : WordNet®

band
     n 1: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart
          set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: {set}, {circle},
           {lot}]
     2: instrumentalists not including string players
     3: a stripe of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit
        characteristic bands" [syn: {stria}, {striation}]
     4: a strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material [syn: {banding},
         {stripe}]
     5: a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing [syn:
         {dance band}, {dance orchestra}]
     6: a range of frequencies between two limits
     7: something elongated that is worn around the body or one of
        the limbs
     8: jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set
        with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every
        finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" [syn: {ring}]
     9: a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to
        identify it (as in studies of bird migration) [syn: {ring}]
     10: a restraint put around something to hold it together

band
     v 1: bind or tie together, as with a band
     2: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring
        birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory
        patterns" [syn: {ring}]