English Dictionary

bridle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbɹaɪdəl/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞

(transitive) To put a bridle on. / (transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue. / (intransitive) To show hostility or resentment.

日本語の意味

馬にブライドル（口輪や手綱などの馬具）をつける。 / ブライドルのように、感情や行動を抑制・制御する（例：舌を制する）。 / 敵意や憤りを示す。

Please bridle the horse before we set off across the meadow.

草原を進み出す前に、馬に手綱をつけてください。

意味（1）

(transitive) To put a bridle on.

He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist.

意味（2）

(transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.

Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To show hostility or resentment.

Immigrant-rights and religious organizations bridled at the plan to favor highly skilled workers over relatives. (Houston Chronicle, 6/8/2007)

意味（4）

(intransitive) To hold up one's head proudly or affectedly.

bridles （ present singular third-person ）

bridling （ participle present ）

bridled （ participle past ）

bridled （ past ）