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BNC: 12177 COCA: 11466

bale

1 bale /ˈbeɪl/ noun
plural bales
1 bale
/ˈbeɪl/
noun
plural bales
Learner's definition of BALE
[count]
: a large amount of a material (such as hay or wool) that is pressed together tightly and often tied or wrapped大捆,大包(干草、羊毛等)
2 bale /ˈbeɪl/ verb
bales; baled; baling
2 bale
/ˈbeɪl/
verb
bales; baled; baling
Learner's definition of BALE
[+ object]
: to press together and tightly tie or wrap (something, such as hay or paper) into a bale把…打成大包(或大捆)
compare 3bale
3 bale /ˈbeɪl/ verb
bales; baled; baling
3 bale
/ˈbeɪl/
verb
bales; baled; baling
Learner's definition of BALE
[+ object] British
: 3bail 1

bale out

[phrasal verb] British
: to jump out of an airplane with a parachute跳伞
: to leave or escape a harmful or difficult situation摆脱困境
compare 2bale
BNC: 12177 COCA: 11466

bale

1 of 3

noun (1)

1
: great evil
2
: woe, sorrow
… bring us bale and bitter sorrowings … Edmund Spenser

bale

2 of 3

noun (2)

: a large bundle of goods
specifically : a large closely pressed package of merchandise bound and usually wrapped
a bale of paper
a bale of hay

bale

3 of 3

verb

baled; baling

transitive verb

: to make up into a bale
in the field baling hay
baler noun

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, "evil-doing, threat of evil, harm, destruction of life, torment, grief," going back to Old English bealu (neuter), genitive bealwes "evil-doing, malice, harm, destruction, torment," going back to Germanic *balwa- "evil," in both active and passive aspects (whence also Old Frisian bale- [in balemunda "disloyal guardian"], Old Saxon balu "wickedness," Middle Dutch bal- [in baldadich "wanton"], Old High German balo, palo "evil, disaster, treachery," Old Icelandic bǫl "misfortune," Gothic balwa- [in balwawesei "wickedness"]), noun derivative from neuter of an adjective *balwa- (whence Old English bealu "evil, pernicious"), going back to dialectal Indo-European *bhol-, whence also Old Church Slavic bolĭ "sick person," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian bôl "pain," Russian bol'

Note: The etymon *bhol- is attested with certainty only in Germanic and Slavic, assuming that this comparison itself is correct. Proposed links with other Indo-European branches, as Celtic, are less convincing.

Noun (2)

Middle English, from Middle French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German balla ball

Verb

derivative of bale entry 2

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1762, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bale was before the 12th century
BNC: 12177 COCA: 11466

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