英语词汇“bridle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

bridlebridle1 /ˈbraɪdl/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYbridle¹

Origin: Old English bridel

a set of leather bands put around a horse’s head and used to control its movements

noun | verb

bridlebridle2 verb

VERB TABLE

bridle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	bridle
	he, she, it	bridles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	bridled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have bridled
	he, she, it	has bridled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had bridled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will bridle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have bridled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am bridling
	he, she, it	is bridling
	you, we, they	are bridling
Past	I, he, she, it	was bridling
	you, we, they	were bridling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been bridling
	he, she, it	has been bridling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been bridling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be bridling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been bridling

1[transitive] to put a bridle on a horse2[intransitive, transitive] to become angry and offended about something: bridle at Chris bridled at suggestions that he’d made mistakes.