释义 |
unbridle /ʌnˈbrʌɪd(ə)l /verb [with object]1Remove the bridle from (a horse): he unbridled his mare and let her roam...- She felt the horse's anticipation, and decided to unbridle him early and let him run.
- I didn't have to unsaddle or unbridle the horse or get its feed ready.
- I ride back to the catch pens and unsaddle and unbridle Ms. Helena and turn her into one of the small pens where the green grass is ankle high.
1.1Free (someone or something) from control or restraint: she was ready to burst for want of an opportunity of unbridling her tongue...- The railwayman is a sailor on earth and in the small ports without a sea line - the forest towns - the train runs and runs, unbridling the natural world.
- The Parliamentary majority owes its seats to a great extent to the unbridling of the jingo instinct.
- Best is when he unbridles his voice, a smoked gospel cry that envelopes its listener.
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