单词 | bridle |
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音标 | ['braidl] |
解释 | n.马笼头;v.抑制,控制 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n.马笼头(a head harness);v.抑制,控制(to curb or control) 【考】 反义词:without restraint(没有控制 的) 【记】 比较bride(新娘),在 婚后的生活中,新娘 可能给新郎上笼头(Th e bride puts a bridle on the bridegroom.) 【例】 Bridle your tongue and be more careful about what you say. |
字源 | 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. |
不择手段背单词 | n. /v. (对欲望的)抑制, 控制 = curb = control; n 马笼头(安放在马头周围, 用来限制或引导的一种马具, 包括笼头、马勒和缰绳) 【例】Bridle your tongue 说话要谨慎. 【记】1)bride(n 新娘), 婚后新娘会控制新郎, 成为半边天. 2)读: 不愿动. 因为被抑制, 控制了. 3)来自ride骑, 前边有个b不: 不骑. 用马笼头来实现. 【反】without restraint(没有控制) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】bride 新娘,一结婚就等于新娘给新郎戴上笼头;音:被 ride 骑,被人骑就是被控制,上了马笼头 【相关】braid |
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