英语词汇bail, bale的意思、翻译、用法及例句-英语用法大全

词组	bail, bale
释义	bail, bale A person looking these words up in Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary would find seven homographs of bail and three of bale, most of which fortunately never get entangled. A verb bail, derived ultimately from Middle English bailie "bucket," however, is often spelled bale in British English. Gowers in Fowler 1965 and Chambers 1985 both comment on the fact, and the OED Supplement shows corroborating evidence. When bail out means "to dip and throw water" or "jump from an airplane with a parachute," Americans use the bail spelling and many Britons use bale. • ... had no sooner bailed out than he was hit on the head by a piece of falling engine —Edwards Park, Smithsonian, June 1982 • The British airman who baled out —London Calling, 23 Feb. 1956 Our evidence shows that the bale spelling was used in the U.S. as recently as 1939, and the OED Supplement shows that the bail spelling is sometimes used in British English. There seems to be general agreement about the other homographs of bail and bale. If you are in doubt, check your dictionary.
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