English Dictionary

bangle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbæŋ.ɡəl/

動詞

廃用 他動詞 方言 自動詞

(transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind. / (obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).

日本語の意味

（古語）風などによって穀物を打ちつけるように、激しく打つこと。 / （時代遅れまたは方言）徐々に無駄に消耗させる、浪費する。

At dawn the old farmers bangle the gathered corn in the courtyard until the husks are blown away.

夜明けに年老いた農夫たちは集めた穀物を中庭で風に打ち付け、籾殻が吹き飛ぶまで叩いた。

意味（1）

(transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.

意味（2）

(obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).

, New York Review Books 2001, p.273: Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers […] betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […].

意味（3）

(intransitive) (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.

意味（4）

(intransitive) to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.

bangles （ present singular third-person ）

bangling （ participle present ）

bangled （ participle past ）

bangled （ past ）