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.
中文词源
bridle：马笼头
发音释义：['braɪd(ə)l] n.马笼头；缰绳；马勒；约束vt.控制；给…装马勒vi.（像马被勒住时）昂首表示愤怒、蔑视
词源解释：bridle←古英语bridel（马笼头）←bregdan（快速移动）←原始印欧语bregdilaz（快速左右移动）
同源词：braid（发辫、编织←快速左右移动）
词组习语：put a bridle on（约束、控制）；bridled at（蔑视）；bridle up（火冒三丈）；lay the bridle on the neck of（放松）；draw bridle（勒住马）；bridle rein（马缰）；It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse（棒下出孝子）
助记窍门：bridle→bride（新娘）+l（缰绳）→给新郎套上→马笼头