bridle
US: /ˈbɹaɪdəɫ/
UK: /bɹˈaɪdəl/
UK: /bɹˈaɪdəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
bridle /'braidl/
- danh từ
- cương (ngựa)
- (nghĩa bóng) sự kiềm chế
- to put a bridle on one's desires: kiềm chế ham muốn
- (hàng hải) dây cột thuyền
- (giải phẫu) dây hãm
- to give one's horse the bridle; to lay the bridle on the neck of one's horse
- buông lỏng dây cương cho tự do
- ngoại động từ
- thắng cương (cho ngựa)
- (nghĩa bóng) kiềm chế
- to bridle one's ambitions: kiềm chế tham vọng của mình
- nội động từ
- bridle + up hất đầu, vênh mặt (tỏ vẻ làm bộ, giận dữ, khinh bỉ)
- to bridle up with anger: hất đầu bực tức
- bridle + up hất đầu, vênh mặt (tỏ vẻ làm bộ, giận dữ, khinh bỉ)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
a set of leather bands, attached to REINS, which is put around a horse's head and used for controlling it
+ verb
1 [VN] to put a bridle on a horse
2 [V] ~ (at sth) (literary) to show that you are annoyed and/or offended at sth, especially by moving your head up and backwards in a proud way: She bridled at the suggestion that she was lying.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 restraint, curb, check, control:
Man has need of a bridle on his passions.
v.
2 curb, check, restrain, hold in, control:
You must learn to bridle your temper.
3 bristle, draw oneself up, be or become indignant, take offence or umbrage or affront (at), be affronted or offended (by):
She bridled at the suggestion that she was responsible for Keith's departure.
Concise English dictionary
bridles|bridled|bridling'braɪdl
noun
+headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
+the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
verb
+put a bridle on
+respond to the reins, as of horses
