bun·dle /ˈbʌndḷ/
(v.)捆,扎,包包袱,一捆,一包使倉促行動,推搡
bun·dle /ˈbəndḷ/ 名詞
bundle
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Bun·dle n. A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes.
The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. --Goldsmith.
Bundle pillar Arch., a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. --Weale.
Bun·dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bundled p. pr. & vb. n. Bundling ]
1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. --T. Hook.
To bundle off, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony; as, the working mothers bundle their children off to school and then try to get themselves to work on time.
To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.
Bun·dle, v. i.
1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.
2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping.
Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses. --W. Irving.
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bundle
n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: package,
packet, parcel]
2: a package of several things tied together for carrying or
storing [syn: sheaf]
3: a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she
made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks
into their new house" [syn: pile, big bucks, megabucks,
big money]
v 1: make into a bundle; "he bundled up his few possessions"
[syn: bundle up, roll up]
2: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her
fingers into a fist"; "The students bunched up at the
registration desk" [syn: bunch, bunch up, cluster, clump]
3: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: pack,
wad, compact]
4: sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
[syn: practice bundling]