bundle
['bʌndl.]
n. 捆, 束

vt. 扎, 乱塞

vi. 匆忙

[医] 束

[] 束, 捆,

1. He sold a bundle of old magazines to the second hand bookstore.
   把捆卖书店。
2. She bundled her son off to school.
   她匆匆忙忙把校去。
3. He is a bundle of nerves.
   神。

bundle
[ noun ]

1. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

<noun.group>

2. a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing

<noun.artifact>

3. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

<noun.possession>
she made a bundle selling real estate
they sank megabucks into their new house

[ verb ]

1. make into a bundle

<verb.contact> bundle up roll up
he bundled up his few possessions

2. gather or cause to gather into a cluster

<verb.contact> bunch bunch up clump cluster
She bunched her fingers into a fist

3. compress into a wad

<verb.contact> compact pack wad
wad paper into the box

4. sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed

<verb.body> practice bundling

Bundle \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. --Bartlett.

Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to
eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and
bundle with the Yankee lasses. --W. Irving.

{To bundle up}, to dress warmly, snugly, or cumbrously.
[PJC]


Bundle \Bun"dle\ (b[u^]n"d'l), n. [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin
to D. bondel, bundel, G. b["u]ndel, dim. of bund bundle, fr.
the root of E. bind. See {Bind}.]
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.


Bundle \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.

3. to sell together as a single item at one inclusive price;
-- usually done for related products which work or are
used together.
[PJC]

{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.