bundle
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noun
a collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together:
束, 包み (!通例, 同じ物がきちんと束［房］になっているbunchと違い, 持てるようにひとくくりにしてある束［包み］をいう)
e.g. a thick bundle of envelopes.
a set of nerve, muscle, or other fibers running close together in parallel.
〘植〙 維管束; 〘解剖〙 (筋肉の)繊維束
a set of software or hardware sold together.
〘コンピュ〙 付属ソフト, バンドル〘コンピュータに付属のソフトウェア〙
(a bundle) informal a large amount of money:
｟くだけて｠ 〖単数形で〗大金
e.g. the new printer cost a bundle.
verb
1. with object tie or roll up (a number of things) together as though into a parcel:
«…に» 〈人･物〉をすばやく押し込む, 詰め込む «into»
e.g. she quickly bundled up her clothes.
(usually be bundled up) dress (someone) in many clothes to keep warm:
【衣類などで】〈人〉をくるんで暖かくする(up) «in» (!しばしば受け身で) .
e.g. they were bundled up in thick sweaters
e.g. no object : I bundled up in my parka.
sell (items of hardware and software) as a package.
〘コンピュ〙 【コンピュータなどに】〈付属品･ソフト〉を無料で添付する, «…と» …を一括販売する «with, into»
2. with object and adverbial of direction informal push or carry forcibly:
e.g. he was bundled into a van.
send (someone) away hurriedly or unceremoniously:
〈人〉を追いやる, せきたてる(off)
e.g. the old man was bundled off into exile.
no object, with adverbial of direction (especially of a group of people) move clumsily or in a disorganized way:
«…へ» (束になって)急いで入る «into»
e.g. they bundled out into the corridor.
3. no object sleep fully clothed with another person, particularly during courtship, as a former local custom in New England and Wales:
e.g. he would dance at country frolics and bundle with the Yankee lasses.
PHRASES
a bundle of fun (or a bundle of laughs)
informal, often ironic often with negative something extremely amusing or pleasant:
e.g. the last year hasn't been a bundle of fun.
a bundle of nerves
a person who is extremely timid or tense.
bundle of joy
informal a newborn baby.
ORIGIN
Middle English: perhaps originally from Old English byndelle‘a binding’, reinforced by Low German and Dutch bundel (to which byndelle is related).