bangle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
    — Mrs. MacAndrew smoothed down the lap of her gown, and gold bangles fell over her wrists.
  2. The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs dialectal
动词 v.
  1. to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind. obsolete,transitive
  2. to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away). dialectal,obsolete
    — Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers […] betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […].
  3. (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey. intransitive
  4. to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear. intransitive

词形变化

bangles plural bangles present,singular,third-person bangling participle,present bangled participle,past bangled past bangles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bangle ear

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Hindi बंग्ली (baṅglī, “glass bracelet”).
词源 2
Unknown, yet probably from bang + -le (frequentative suffix).
词源 3
Apparently from bang (verb) + -le (instrumental suffix), perhaps ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *bangilaz. Compare Dutch bengel, German Bengel.
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