English Dictionary

addle

/ˈæ.dəl/

verb

(provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. / (provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.

The hot weather can addle your brain if you're not careful.

意味（1）

(provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.

ADDLINGS, wages. Poor addlings, small pay for work. Hard addlings, money laboriously acquired. Saving's good addling, as the well known saying, a penny saved is a penny gained.

意味（2）

(provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.

Kill ivy, or else tree will addle no more.