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Bridle Curb Tongue English Bridel Braidl N.马笼头;V.抑制,控制 英

单词 bridle
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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