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bridle

noun
🔊/ˈbraɪdl/
🔊/ˈbraɪdl/
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  1. a set of leather bands, attached to reins, which is put around a horse’s head and used for controlling it马勒；马笼头
    • She held his stirrup for him while Adam took the bridle.亚当接过辔头时她替他扶着马镫。
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    Word OriginOld English brīdel (noun), brīdlian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch breidel (noun). Sense (2) of the verb use is from the action of a horse when reined in.

bridle

verb
🔊/ˈbraɪdl/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bridle
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he / she / it bridles
🔊/ˈbraɪdlz/
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past simple bridled
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past participle bridled
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-ing form bridling
🔊/ˈbraɪdlɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] bridle something to put a bridle on a horse 给（马）套笼头
  2. [intransitive] bridle (at something) (literary) to show that you are annoyed and/or offended at something, especially by moving your head up and backwards in a proud way（尤指傲慢地昂首对…）表示恼怒，表示不快
    • She bridled at the suggestion that she was lying.她对暗示她在说谎的言论嗤之以鼻。🔊🔊
    3. Word OriginOld English brīdel (noun), brīdlian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch breidel (noun). Sense (2) of the verb use is from the action of a horse when reined in.