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Word family noun blood bleeding bloodlessnessblood bankbloodbathblood brotherblood countblood donorbloodfinblood groupblood heatbloodhoundbloodletterbloodlettingbloodlinebloodlustblood moneyblood orangeblood poisoningblood pressureblood relationbloodrootbloodshedbloodstainbloodstockbloodstonebloodstreambloodsuckerbloodthirstinessblood transfusionblood typeblood vesselbloodwoodbloodwormadjective bloodless bloody bloodedblood-and-thunderbloodcurdlingblood-redbloodshotbloodsprentbloodstainedbloodsuckingbloodthirstyverb bleed adverbbloodcurdlinglybloodthirstily

Related topics: Medicine

blood1 /blʌd/ S2 W1 noun [uncountableU]

1 IN YOUR BODYHMMthe red liquid that your heart pumps around your body 血，血液

Her body was found in a pool of blood.

她的尸体被发现倒在血泊之中。

Blood oozed from a cut on his forehead.

血从他额头的伤口里渗了出来。

Blood tests proved he was not the father.

验血证明他不是孩子的父亲。

2 (have) somebody’s blood on your hands KILLto have caused someone’s death 双手沾着某人的鲜血

dictators with blood on their hands

双手沾满鲜血的独裁者

Examples from the Corpus

(have) somebody’s blood on your hands• But I already have too much blood on my hands.• Dad with blood on his hands.• He hated to see her with blood on her hands.• I want him to know he has my son's blood on his hands.• Republicans spent eight years trying to prove President Clinton had blood on his hands.• There's blood on my hands, mine or hers I don't know.• There was blood on his hands and I thought he'd had an accident.

3 in cold blood CRUELin a cruel and deliberate way 冷酷地，残忍地；蓄意地

Evans had been murdered in cold blood.

伊文斯被残酷谋杀。

Examples from the Corpus

in cold blood• The killers hunted Pedro down like an animal and murdered him in cold blood.• They hunted Pedro down like an animal and murdered him in cold blood.• He murdered the old man in cold blood.• But was it necessary to kill my men in cold blood?• They would have been murdered in cold blood.• Mrs Heron was murdered in cold blood in a crime which to date has appeared to have no motive.• And I know of men who claim that they could murder in anger but never in cold blood.• A deed planned in cold blood may appear very different to the perpetrator if he ever gets round to carrying it out.• The Kashmiri police say he was taken into custody as a suspect, tortured and shot in cold blood.• But the temptations of the Flesh were different: they could not be dealt with in cold blood.

4 make somebody’s blood boil ANGRYto make someone extremely angry 使某人怒火中烧

The way they treat people makes my blood boil.

他们这样对人令我非常气愤。

Examples from the Corpus

make somebody’s blood boil• Because I like you, Breeze, and it makes my blood boil to think of you slaving away as you do.• It was an infuriating trait, and it made her blood boil every time he came near.• Thinking about it now made my blood boil.• You know, when I think about it, it still makes my blood boil.• It's a subject that makes my blood boil and disappointments have left me a blister short of swearing.

5. make somebody’s blood run cold FRIGHTENEDto make someone feel extremely frightened 令某人毛骨悚然

Examples from the Corpus

make somebody’s blood run cold• But whenever she passed the wood the tales rushed back into her mind and made her blood run cold.• Ex-inmate Tony Cohla told yesterday how the thought of ever returning to Ashworth makes his blood run cold.• He said their evidence had made his blood run cold.

6 like getting blood out of a stone GIVETELLalmost impossible 犹如从石头里榨油，犹如水中捞月

Getting the truth out of her is like getting blood out of a stone.

要她说出真话几乎是不可能的。

7. blood is thicker than water FAMILYused to say that family relationships are more important than any other kind 血浓于水

Examples from the Corpus

blood is thicker than water• For most cannibals, blood is thicker than water.

8. be after somebody’s blood ANGRYto be angry enough to want to hurt someone 恨透了某人；恨不得要了某人的命

9 somebody’s blood is up British EnglishBrEANGRY someone is extremely angry about something and determined to do something about it 某人动怒了，某人的怒气上来了

They tried to stop me, but my blood was up.

他们想拦着我，可我已是怒不可遏了。

10 YOUR FAMILY/GROUPFAMILYthe family to which you belong from the time that you are born 血统，家世

There’s Irish blood on his mother’s side.

他母亲有爱尔兰血统。

11. be/run in somebody’s blood FAMILYif an ability or tendency is in, or runs in, someone’s blood, it is natural to them and others in their family 是与生俱来的特征，是家族的遗传

Examples from the Corpus

be/run in somebody’s blood• It seemed to be in his blood.• It would be in his blood in minutes.• Psychic awareness ran in my blood.

12 sweat blood WORK HARDto work extremely hard to achieve something 拼命工作，花很多心血

Beth sweated blood over that article.

贝丝花了很大的心血写那篇文章。

Examples from the Corpus

sweat blood• I could have understood it in Cottee's case if he had been sweating blood for Everton.• Although I remember seeing some one eating chips from a story I'd sweated blood on when I was working in Worcester.• Donald sweated blood to build up his business.• If I had to sweat blood it would be done.

13. blood, sweat, and tearssweat, and tears blood extremely hard work 血汗，极其艰辛的劳动

14 new/fresh blood NEWnew members in a group or organization who bring new ideas and energy 新鲜血液，新生力量，新成员

We need to bring in some new blood and fresh ideas.

我们需要引进一些新成员和创新思想。

Examples from the Corpus

new/fresh blood• After that, a simple change to a new blood pressure medication solved the problem for good.• It had smelled blood, fresh blood.• About the time Ed began getting restless, a family-owned firm in the same industry was looking for new blood.• Before the old wound Can be healed, there is fresh blood flowing.• The Treasury, where two ministers were election casualties, receives an infusion of new blood.• That began to change in recent years, as the Academy membership took on new blood.• The firm desperately needs some new blood.• Then our heart rate climbs, steadily, until our ears are gulping on the new blood.• The new blood testing exercise will cost up to five thousand pounds.

15. blood on the carpet a situation where people have a very strong disagreement, with the result that something serious happens, such as someone losing his or her job 〔后果严重的〕重大不和

16. young blood MAN old-fashioned a fashionable young man 时尚的年轻人

Examples from the Corpus

young blood• It's about time we got some young blood in this company.• But Kit wasn't having some young blood replace his female prizes.• He stopped once to look at the young blood sleeping among the Begonias.• Well, that 25-yard volley makes it two-nil to the young bloods.• Leaning over the parapet to watch the young bloods in the river sprucing up their horses for the fair.

17. spoken informal a way of greeting a friend, used by young men 你好啊〔年轻人的一种打招呼方式〕

→ bad blood at bad1(27), → blue-blooded, red blood cell, white blood cell, → your own flesh and blood at flesh1(6), → shed blood at shed2(5)

COLLOCATIONS

verbs

lose blood (=from a cut or wound) 失血

He had lost a lot of blood and was very weak.

他失血很多，非常虚弱。

give/donate blood (=provide blood from your body for the medical treatment of other people) 捐血，献血

The Health Service is asking for more people to donate blood.

医疗服务机构呼吁更多的人来献血。

draw blood (=make someone bleed) 使出血，放血

He touched me with the knife and it drew blood.

他用刀碰我，血流了出来。

blood flows 血液流动

A quick walk will get the blood in your legs flowing again.

快步行走会让你腿部的血液重新流动起来。

blood trickles (=moves slowly) 鲜血滴流

The blood was beginning to trickle down his leg.

血开始从他腿上一滴滴流下来。

blood oozes (=comes out slowly) 血渗出

Blood was oozing from her forehead.

鲜血从她额头上渗出来。

be covered in blood 满是血

His face was covered in blood.

他满脸是血。

blood gushes/streams (=moves fast) 血喷出/涌出

nA man was lying in the street with blood gushing from his head.

nblood clots (=forms a mass and stops flowing)

The blood should clot and stop the wound from bleeding.

be caked with blood (=covered with dry blood) 结着血块

nThe cat's fur was caked with blood.

be spattered/splattered with blood (=covered with small spots of blood) 溅着血

nToday the only sign of violence is the walls spattered with blood.

blood + NOUN

blood pressure (=the force with which blood moves through your body) 血压

High blood pressure increases the risk of a heart attack.

高血压会增加心脏病发作的风险。

somebody's blood type/group (=one of the different types of human blood) 某人的血型

What blood type are you?

你是什么血型？

a blood cell 血细胞

The red blood cells carry oxygen.

红细胞输送氧气。

a blood vessel (=a tube in your body through which blood flows) 血管

nthe blood vessels that lead to the heart

a blood clot (=a mass formed when blood dries or sticks together) 血凝块，血块

nBlood clots in the legs are potentially fatal.

nthe blood flow

Fat reduces the blood flow to the surface of the skin.

the blood supply (=the blood that flows to a part of the body) 血液供应

nthe blood supply to the brain

a blood test (=a test done on your blood to see if you have a disease or another condition) 验血

a blood sample (=a small amount of blood taken from your body to test) 血样，血液样本

a blood transfusion (=putting more blood in someone's body for medical reasons) 输血

phrases

a drop of blood 一滴血

Police found tiny drops of blood in the apartment.

警方在公寓内发现有细小的血滴。

loss of blood 失血

She suffered a massive loss of blood.

她大量失血。

a pool of blood 一大摊血

nA dark pool of blood was spreading from his head.

a trickle of blood 滴流的鲜血

nA trickle of blood was coming from his nose.

Examples from the Corpus

blood• There's French blood on his mother's side.• The temporary rise in blood pressure increases the oxygen requirements and creates an extra burden on the heart.• Now there are ways of making sure that infected blood isn't used in transfusions.• She lost a lot of blood in the accident.• The plant it was made from sprang up first when Prometheus' blood dripped down upon the earth.• During the procedure pulse rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation were recorded every minute by the research nurse.• Urine analysis, a red blood cell count, and blood pressure were also routinely recorded.• In Raynaud's disease, the blood supply to the fingers is faulty, leading to attacks of numbness and discomfort.• Businesses that clean up blood and guts at accident scenes must register with the state.• I remember it as if I were still standing there, streaked with blood and dust and tears, talking to her.

blood2 verb [transitiveT]

British EnglishBrEFIRST to give someone their first experience of an activity, especially a difficult or unpleasant one 使〔某人〕初次尝试〔尤指困难或令人不悦的事〕

Examples from the Corpus

blood• For I am writing this on Saturday evening, and already I have been blooded.• He has had a feverish complaint and has been blooded.• In which case it also seems a small price to pay for the next generation of senior managers to be blooded.• It was too long to go without being blooded.• Look how he blooded Speed and Batty ... he didnt chuck them in and hope for the best.

Origin blood

Old English blod

→COLLOCATIONS1blood2 verb

单词	blood
释义	blood Word family noun blood bleeding bloodlessnessblood bankbloodbathblood brotherblood countblood donorbloodfinblood groupblood heatbloodhoundbloodletterbloodlettingbloodlinebloodlustblood moneyblood orangeblood poisoningblood pressureblood relationbloodrootbloodshedbloodstainbloodstockbloodstonebloodstreambloodsuckerbloodthirstinessblood transfusionblood typeblood vesselbloodwoodbloodwormadjective bloodless bloody bloodedblood-and-thunderbloodcurdlingblood-redbloodshotbloodsprentbloodstainedbloodsuckingbloodthirstyverb bleed adverbbloodcurdlinglybloodthirstily Related topics: Medicine blood1 /blʌd/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [uncountableU] 1 IN YOUR BODYHMMthe red liquid that your heart pumps around your body 血，血液 Her body was found in a pool of blood. 她的尸体被发现倒在血泊之中。 Blood oozed from a cut on his forehead. 血从他额头的伤口里渗了出来。 Blood tests proved he was not the father. 验血证明他不是孩子的父亲。 2 (have) somebody’s blood on your hands KILLto have caused someone’s death 双手沾着某人的鲜血 dictators with blood on their hands 双手沾满鲜血的独裁者 Examples from the Corpus (have) somebody’s blood on your hands• But I already have too much blood on my hands.• Dad with blood on his hands.• He hated to see her with blood on her hands.• I want him to know he has my son's blood on his hands.• Republicans spent eight years trying to prove President Clinton had blood on his hands.• There's blood on my hands, mine or hers I don't know.• There was blood on his hands and I thought he'd had an accident. 3 in cold blood CRUELin a cruel and deliberate way 冷酷地，残忍地；蓄意地 Evans had been murdered in cold blood. 伊文斯被残酷谋杀。 Examples from the Corpus in cold blood• The killers hunted Pedro down like an animal and murdered him in cold blood.• They hunted Pedro down like an animal and murdered him in cold blood.• He murdered the old man in cold blood.• But was it necessary to kill my men in cold blood?• They would have been murdered in cold blood.• Mrs Heron was murdered in cold blood in a crime which to date has appeared to have no motive.• And I know of men who claim that they could murder in anger but never in cold blood.• A deed planned in cold blood may appear very different to the perpetrator if he ever gets round to carrying it out.• The Kashmiri police say he was taken into custody as a suspect, tortured and shot in cold blood.• But the temptations of the Flesh were different: they could not be dealt with in cold blood. 4 make somebody’s blood boil ANGRYto make someone extremely angry 使某人怒火中烧 The way they treat people makes my blood boil. 他们这样对人令我非常气愤。 Examples from the Corpus make somebody’s blood boil• Because I like you, Breeze, and it makes my blood boil to think of you slaving away as you do.• It was an infuriating trait, and it made her blood boil every time he came near.• Thinking about it now made my blood boil.• You know, when I think about it, it still makes my blood boil.• It's a subject that makes my blood boil and disappointments have left me a blister short of swearing. 5. make somebody’s blood run cold FRIGHTENEDto make someone feel extremely frightened 令某人毛骨悚然 Examples from the Corpus make somebody’s blood run cold• But whenever she passed the wood the tales rushed back into her mind and made her blood run cold.• Ex-inmate Tony Cohla told yesterday how the thought of ever returning to Ashworth makes his blood run cold.• He said their evidence had made his blood run cold. 6 like getting blood out of a stone GIVETELLalmost impossible 犹如从石头里榨油，犹如水中捞月 Getting the truth out of her is like getting blood out of a stone. 要她说出真话几乎是不可能的。 7. blood is thicker than water FAMILYused to say that family relationships are more important than any other kind 血浓于水 Examples from the Corpus blood is thicker than water• For most cannibals, blood is thicker than water. 8. be after somebody’s blood ANGRYto be angry enough to want to hurt someone 恨透了某人；恨不得要了某人的命 9 somebody’s blood is up British EnglishBrEANGRY someone is extremely angry about something and determined to do something about it 某人动怒了，某人的怒气上来了 They tried to stop me, but my blood was up. 他们想拦着我，可我已是怒不可遏了。 10 YOUR FAMILY/GROUPFAMILYthe family to which you belong from the time that you are born 血统，家世 There’s Irish blood on his mother’s side. 他母亲有爱尔兰血统。 11. be/run in somebody’s blood FAMILYif an ability or tendency is in, or runs in, someone’s blood, it is natural to them and others in their family 是与生俱来的特征，是家族的遗传 Examples from the Corpus be/run in somebody’s blood• It seemed to be in his blood.• It would be in his blood in minutes.• Psychic awareness ran in my blood. 12 sweat blood WORK HARDto work extremely hard to achieve something 拼命工作，花很多心血 Beth sweated blood over that article. 贝丝花了很大的心血写那篇文章。 Examples from the Corpus sweat blood• I could have understood it in Cottee's case if he had been sweating blood for Everton.• Although I remember seeing some one eating chips from a story I'd sweated blood on when I was working in Worcester.• Donald sweated blood to build up his business.• If I had to sweat blood it would be done. 13. blood, sweat, and tearssweat, and tears blood extremely hard work 血汗，极其艰辛的劳动 14 new/fresh blood NEWnew members in a group or organization who bring new ideas and energy 新鲜血液，新生力量，新成员 We need to bring in some new blood and fresh ideas. 我们需要引进一些新成员和创新思想。 Examples from the Corpus new/fresh blood• After that, a simple change to a new blood pressure medication solved the problem for good.• It had smelled blood, fresh blood.• About the time Ed began getting restless, a family-owned firm in the same industry was looking for new blood.• Before the old wound Can be healed, there is fresh blood flowing.• The Treasury, where two ministers were election casualties, receives an infusion of new blood.• That began to change in recent years, as the Academy membership took on new blood.• The firm desperately needs some new blood.• Then our heart rate climbs, steadily, until our ears are gulping on the new blood.• The new blood testing exercise will cost up to five thousand pounds. 15. blood on the carpet a situation where people have a very strong disagreement, with the result that something serious happens, such as someone losing his or her job 〔后果严重的〕重大不和 16. young blood MAN old-fashioned a fashionable young man 时尚的年轻人 Examples from the Corpus young blood• It's about time we got some young blood in this company.• But Kit wasn't having some young blood replace his female prizes.• He stopped once to look at the young blood sleeping among the Begonias.• Well, that 25-yard volley makes it two-nil to the young bloods.• Leaning over the parapet to watch the young bloods in the river sprucing up their horses for the fair. 17. spoken informal a way of greeting a friend, used by young men 你好啊〔年轻人的一种打招呼方式〕 → bad blood at bad1(27), → blue-blooded, red blood cell, white blood cell, → your own flesh and blood at flesh1(6), → shed blood at shed2(5) COLLOCATIONS verbs lose blood (=from a cut or wound) 失血 He had lost a lot of blood and was very weak. 他失血很多，非常虚弱。 give/donate blood (=provide blood from your body for the medical treatment of other people) 捐血，献血 The Health Service is asking for more people to donate blood. 医疗服务机构呼吁更多的人来献血。 draw blood (=make someone bleed) 使出血，放血 He touched me with the knife and it drew blood. 他用刀碰我，血流了出来。 blood flows 血液流动 A quick walk will get the blood in your legs flowing again. 快步行走会让你腿部的血液重新流动起来。 blood trickles (=moves slowly) 鲜血滴流 The blood was beginning to trickle down his leg. 血开始从他腿上一滴滴流下来。 blood oozes (=comes out slowly) 血渗出 Blood was oozing from her forehead. 鲜血从她额头上渗出来。 be covered in blood 满是血 His face was covered in blood. 他满脸是血。 blood gushes/streams (=moves fast) 血喷出/涌出 nA man was lying in the street with blood gushing from his head. nblood clots (=forms a mass and stops flowing) The blood should clot and stop the wound from bleeding. be caked with blood (=covered with dry blood) 结着血块 nThe cat's fur was caked with blood. be spattered/splattered with blood (=covered with small spots of blood) 溅着血 nToday the only sign of violence is the walls spattered with blood. blood + NOUN blood pressure (=the force with which blood moves through your body) 血压 High blood pressure increases the risk of a heart attack. 高血压会增加心脏病发作的风险。 somebody's blood type/group (=one of the different types of human blood) 某人的血型 What blood type are you? 你是什么血型？ a blood cell 血细胞 The red blood cells carry oxygen. 红细胞输送氧气。 a blood vessel (=a tube in your body through which blood flows) 血管 nthe blood vessels that lead to the heart a blood clot (=a mass formed when blood dries or sticks together) 血凝块，血块 nBlood clots in the legs are potentially fatal. nthe blood flow Fat reduces the blood flow to the surface of the skin. the blood supply (=the blood that flows to a part of the body) 血液供应 nthe blood supply to the brain a blood test (=a test done on your blood to see if you have a disease or another condition) 验血 a blood sample (=a small amount of blood taken from your body to test) 血样，血液样本 a blood transfusion (=putting more blood in someone's body for medical reasons) 输血 phrases a drop of blood 一滴血 Police found tiny drops of blood in the apartment. 警方在公寓内发现有细小的血滴。 loss of blood 失血 She suffered a massive loss of blood. 她大量失血。 a pool of blood 一大摊血 nA dark pool of blood was spreading from his head. a trickle of blood 滴流的鲜血 nA trickle of blood was coming from his nose. Examples from the Corpus blood• There's French blood on his mother's side.• The temporary rise in blood pressure increases the oxygen requirements and creates an extra burden on the heart.• Now there are ways of making sure that infected blood isn't used in transfusions.• She lost a lot of blood in the accident.• The plant it was made from sprang up first when Prometheus' blood dripped down upon the earth.• During the procedure pulse rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation were recorded every minute by the research nurse.• Urine analysis, a red blood cell count, and blood pressure were also routinely recorded.• In Raynaud's disease, the blood supply to the fingers is faulty, leading to attacks of numbness and discomfort.• Businesses that clean up blood and guts at accident scenes must register with the state.• I remember it as if I were still standing there, streaked with blood and dust and tears, talking to her. blood2 verb [transitiveT] British EnglishBrEFIRST to give someone their first experience of an activity, especially a difficult or unpleasant one 使〔某人〕初次尝试〔尤指困难或令人不悦的事〕 Examples from the Corpus blood• For I am writing this on Saturday evening, and already I have been blooded.• He has had a feverish complaint and has been blooded.• In which case it also seems a small price to pay for the next generation of senior managers to be blooded.• It was too long to go without being blooded.• Look how he blooded Speed and Batty ... he didnt chuck them in and hope for the best. Origin blood Old English blod →COLLOCATIONS1blood2 verb
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