bridle
英 ['braɪd(ə)l] 美 ['braɪdl]
- n. 缰绳；马勒；系带；约束物
- vt. 控制；给装马勒
- vi. 昂首表示轻蔑；生气
- n. (Bridle)人名；(英)布赖德尔
词态变化
复数: bridles;第三人称单数: bridles;过去式: bridled;过去分词: bridled;现在分词: bridling;
助记提示
1. braid =》 bridle.
英文词源
- bridle
- bridle: [OE] The Old English word was brīdel, which came from the same source (Germanic *bregd-) as braid. The basic meaning element of this was something like ‘pull or twitch jerkily from side to side’, so the application to bridle, which one pulls on with reins to one side or the other to control the horse’s direction, is fairly clear. The metaphorical verbal sense ‘take offence’ dates from the 18th century.
=> braid - bridle (n.)
- Old English bridel "bridle, rein, curb, restraint," related to bregdan "move quickly," from Proto-Germanic *bregdilaz (see braid (v.)).
- bridle (v.)
- "to control, dominate," c. 1200, from Old English bridlian "to fit with a bridle," from bridel (see bridle (n.)). Meaning "to throw up the head" (as a horse does when reined in) is from mid-15c. Related: Bridled; bridling.
双语例句
- 1. Emma dismounted and took her horse's bridle.
- 埃玛下了马，拉着马笼头。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.
- 要把马练好,缰绳靴刺不可少.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He was leading a horse by the bridle.
- 他牵着马的缰绳.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Bridle is a harness.
- 马勒是一件马具.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He learned to bridle his temper.
- 他学会了控制脾气.
来自《简明英汉词典》