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    A bangle is a hard ring of gold, silver, glass or plastic that you wear on your wrist as jewellery. You usually slide it over your hand. It is one solid loop, so it sits loosely and can move a little. People often wear several, and they may click against each other.

    A banglebangle is a hard ring是一種硬環狀的飾品, of gold, silver, glass or plastic用金、銀、玻璃或塑膠做成, that you wear on your wrist as jewellery戴在手腕上當作首飾。 You你 usually slide it over your hand通常是把它從手掌套進去。 It它 is one solid loop是一整個實心的環, so所以 it sits loosely戴起來比較鬆, and and can move a little可以稍微滑動。 People大家 often wear several常常會戴好幾個, and而 they may click against each other彼此碰撞的時候還會發出叮噹聲。

    English took the word from Hindi, where it named a glass bracelet — South Asian jewellery that English borrowed, not an English bang plus something.

    EnglishEnglish took the word from Hindi把這個字從印地語借來, where it named a glass bracelet在印地語裡它指的是玻璃手鐲 — South Asian jewellery that English borrowed是英文借來的南亞首飾用字, not an English bang plus something不是 bang 這個字加上別的什麼東西。

    A chain with a clasp is a bracelet. Shops are not always careful with the two words, but the tidy difference is: bangle = a stiff ring; bracelet = often a chain you .

    A chain with a clasp有扣環的鍊子 is a bracelet則叫 bracelet。 Shops店家 are not always careful with the two words不見得會把這兩個字分得很清楚, but但 the tidy difference is簡單的區別是: bangle = a stiff ringbangle 是硬環; bracelet = often a chain you fastenbracelet 則通常是要扣上的鍊子。

    There is a little-used verb bangle as well; you can leave that aside. The jewellery is the meaning you will meet.

    There is a little-used verb bangle as well也有一個很少用的動詞 bangle; you你 can leave that aside這個可以先不用管。 The jewellery首飾這個 is the meaning you will meet就是你會遇到的意思。

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組成Borrowed from Hindi बंग्ली (baṅglī), a glass bracelet. The jewellery word is not built from English bang.

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

banglenoun詞源 1/ˈbæŋ.ɡəl/

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    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.

bangleverb詞源 2/ˈbæŋ.ɡəl/

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    obsoleteto beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.

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    obsoletedialectalto waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).

    • Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers […] betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […].
    • If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. — Duty of Man.
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    (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.

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    to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.

banglenoun詞源 3/ˈbæŋ.ɡəl/

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    dialectalThe cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。