bail
- IPA[beɪl]
英式
- scoop water out of a boat or ship;abandon a commitment, obligation, or activity
verb: bail, 3rd person present: bails, gerund or present participle: bailing, past tense: bailed, past participle: bailed
- 釋義
- 片語
動詞
- 1. scoop water out of a boat or ship when we started bailing, the boat was filled with water those on board tried desperately to bail water from the sinking craft
- 2. North American informal abandon a commitment, obligation, or activity after 12 years of this, including Sunday Mass with the family, I bailed I couldn't handle the crowds , so I bailed
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