bale

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death. uncountable
  2. A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire. obsolete
  3. A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
    — So having made up my mind, I packed up in bales a quantity of precious stuffs suited for sea-trade and repaired with them from Baghdad-city to Bassorah-town, where I found ship ready for sea, and in her a company of considerable merchants.
  4. Suffering, woe, torment. uncountable
    — That other ſwayne, like aſhes deadly pale, Lay in the lap of death, rewing his wretched bale.
  5. A funeral pyre. archaic
  6. A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for shipping and handling and bound by twine or wire.
  7. A beacon-fire. archaic
  8. A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
  9. A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
  10. A block of compressed cannabis.
  11. A group of turtles. collective
动词 v.
  1. To wrap into a bale. transitive
  2. To remove water from a boat with buckets etc. UK

词形变化

bales plural bales plural bales present,singular,third-person baling participle,present baled participle,past baled past bales present,singular,third-person baling participle,present baled participle,past baled past

词汇关系

衍生词
baleful balefire baleable baleage baleless bale of dice rebale unbale

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bale (“evil”), from Old English bealu, from Proto-West Germanic *balu, from Proto-Germanic *balwą.
Cognate with Low German bal- (“bad, ill”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins, “torture”), Old High German balo (“destruction”), Old Norse bǫl (“disaster”).
词源 2
From Middle English bale (“pyre, funeral pyre”), from Old English bǣl (“pyre, funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą (“pyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine; gleam; sparkle”). Cognate with Old Norse bál (which may have been the direct source for the English word).
词源 3
From Middle English bale (“bale”), from Old French bale and Medieval Latin bala, of Germanic origin. Doublet of ball.
词源 4
Alternative spelling of bail.
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