haem·or·rhage

noun

/ˈhemərɪdʒ/

(British English)

(North American English hemorrhage)

[countable, uncountable] a medical condition in which there is severe loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel inside a person’s body体内（大）出血
- a massive brain/cerebral haemorrhage重度脑出血
- He was checked for any signs of haemorrhage.他接受检查，以确定是否有出血迹象。
- The patient died from acute cerebral haemorrhage.患者死于急性脑溢血。
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- massive
- severe
- fatal
- …
verb + haemorrhage/hemorrhage
- have
- suffer
- die from
- …
[countable, usually singular] haemorrhage (of somebody/something) a serious loss of people, money, etc. from a country, a group or an organization（人、资金等的）大量流失
- Poor working conditions have led to a steady haemorrhage of qualified teachers from our schools.工作条件欠佳导致各校大量合格教师不断流失。
- The newspaper sold its websites in a bid to stem the haemorrhage of cash from the business.报社卖掉了网站以防止资金外流。

Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a noun): alteration of obsolete haemorrhagy, via Latin from Greek haimorrhagia, from haima ‘blood’ + the stem of rhēgnunai ‘burst’.

haem·or·rhage

verb

/ˈhemərɪdʒ/

(British English)

(North American English hemorrhage)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they haemorrhage	/ˈhemərɪdʒ/ /ˈhemərɪdʒ/
he / she / it haemorrhages	/ˈhemərɪdʒɪz/ /ˈhemərɪdʒɪz/
past simple haemorrhaged	/ˈhemərɪdʒd/ /ˈhemərɪdʒd/
past participle haemorrhaged	/ˈhemərɪdʒd/ /ˈhemərɪdʒd/
-ing form haemorrhaging	/ˈhemərɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˈhemərɪdʒɪŋ/

[intransitive] to lose blood heavily, especially from a damaged blood vessel inside the body; to have a haemorrhage（尤指体内）大出血
- After the operation she started to haemorrhage.手术后，她开始流血。
[transitive] haemorrhage somebody/something to lose money or people in large amounts at a fast rate大量快速流失（资金、人等）
- The company has been haemorrhaging money for months.该公司几个月来一直在亏损。

Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a noun): alteration of obsolete haemorrhagy, via Latin from Greek haimorrhagia, from haima ‘blood’ + the stem of rhēgnunai ‘burst’.