bundle

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bundle2 verb

1 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PUSH to quickly push someone or something somewhere because you are in a hurry or you want to hide them 匆匆打发；把…乱塞

bundle somebody into/through etc something

They bundled Perez into the car and drove off.

他们把佩雷斯塞进汽车就开走了。

2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]GO British EnglishBrE to move somewhere quickly in a group 〔成群地〕快速赶往

bundle into/through etc

Six of us bundled into a taxi.

我们六个人匆匆挤进了一辆出租车。

3 [transitiveT] to include computer software or other services with a new computer at no extra cost 〔销售新计算机时〕搭售，捆绑销售〔计算机软件或其他服务〕

bundle something with/into something

Microsoft can bundle Windows Vista at discounted prices with its popular desktop application programs.

微软公司可以用优惠的价格将Windows Vista和其畅销的桌面应用程序捆绑销售。

bundle something together

The company offered customers a single computer solution, bundling together hardware and software.

公司捆绑销售硬件和软件，为客户提供一套完整的计算机解决方案。

4.bundle somebody ↔ off phrasal verbphr v SENDto send someone somewhere quickly without asking them if they want to go 把〔某人〕匆匆打发走

5 bundle somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v

a) GROUP OF THINGS (also bundle something ↔ together) to make a bundle by tying things together 把…扎紧，把…捆上

Bundle up the newspapers and take them to the skip.

把这些报纸捆好扔进废物桶。

b) (also bundle something ↔ together) to put different things together so that they are dealt with at the same time 把…集合起来

The lawsuit bundles together the claims of many individuals into one big case.

这场官司把许多人的诉讼请求汇成一个大案子。

c) WEAR CLOTHESto put warm clothes on someone or yourself because it is cold （因寒冷而）给…穿上暖和的衣服 SYN wrap up

People sat bundled up in scarves, coats, and boots.

人们坐着，身上裹着围巾和大衣，脚上穿着靴子。

against

spectators bundled up against the cold

为御寒而裹得严严实实的观众

Examples from the Corpus

bundle up• We were bundles, lifted up and put down wherever it suited our captors.• As they pointed out, the flux bundles also lined up with cold patches near the core-mantle boundary.

Examples from the Corpus

bundle• Agents bundle four tires together and attach them to the back of the patrol vehicle.• Her friends managed to get her out of the pub and bundled her home.• Oh who cares, I thought, and tried to bundle her into the bag right away.• He had been bundled into the back of a Volkswagen by three masked men.• I bundle it away into its folder and shelve it.• I collected up the dirty washing and bundled it into the washing machine.• In desperation, WordPerfect has let Borland International, a Californian rival, bundle its word-processor into a software package.• Borland also will bundle some of its software with Microsoft products to help boost its sales.• I bundle the blind dummy out.• You bundle the brothers into warm coats, take them to Boston City Hospital.• We watched the men bundle up their parachutes and move off through the dense undergrowth, chopping at it with jungle machetes.

bundle into/through etc• He left and came back with a brown bag that he threw the bundles into.• Put a bundle into a handkerchief and tie it on to the end of the string.• These tracheoles may be termed the larval or provisional tracheoles, and they extend in bundles into the developing lacunae.• A porter threw one of our bundles into the gutter.• Karr muttered something, then pressed a second tiny bundle into the man's hand.• Louis upended the bundle into the rainwater-butt.• The captain read the funeral service and the first mate raised the plank and tipped the small bundle into the water.

From Longman Business Dictionary

bundlebun·dle1 /ˈbʌndl/ noun informal

1[singular] a lot of money

The company made a bundle selling its old equipment to a smaller dealer.

2[countableC]MARKETING a group of products or services that are provided together with other products or services

The $849 bundle includes two copies of the software, cables, and an electronic mail application.

bundlebundle2 verb [transitiveT]MARKETING

to provide a product or service together with other products or services

Image editing software is bundled with many digital cameras.

—bundling noun [uncountableU]

interactive media services, a bundling of Internet, video-on-demand, and home shopping

Origin bundle1