bundling

['b?ndli?]

CET4TEM4中低頻詞

bundling (n.): 1640s, "a gathering into a bundle," verbal noun from bundle (v.). Meaning "sharing a bed for the night, fully dressed, wrapped up with someone of the opposite sex" (1782) is a former local custom in New England (especially Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts). It was noted there from about 1750s and often regarded by outsiders as grossly immoral, but New Englanders wrote defenses of it and claimed it was practiced elsewhere, too. It seems to have died out with the 18th century.
I am no advocate for temptation; yet must say, that bundling has prevailed 160 years in New England, and, I verily believe, with ten times more chastity than the sitting on a sofa. I had daughters, and speak from near forty years' experience. Bundling takes place only in cold seasons of the year--the sofa in summer is more dangerous than the bed in winter. [The Rev. Samuel Peters, "A general history of Connecticut," 1782]

1. The nature of the bundling - sale is price discrimination and market foreclosure.: 捆綁銷售作為企業常用的銷售策略,其實質是一種價格歧視和市場圈定行為.

2. Main Applications: Tugboat, cargo net and floating transportation of wood, Bundling, etc.: 主要用途: 拖船、貨網、浮運木材、漁業拖網、捆綁.

3. She complained about bundling the children off to school.: 她對那種急急忙忙催促孩子們去上學的行為表示不滿.

4. Proper bundling during the stages in the project cycle.: 可在項目周期階段進行適當的匯總.

5. This mower is provided with various functions of mowing, cuddling, bundling, hoisting, bulldozing and loading.: 該割草機具有割草、摟草、捆草、起吊、裝載等一機多功能的優勢.