weal
noun/wiːl/
/wiːl/
- a painful, raised red mark on somebody’s skin where they have been hit
synonym welt(挨打造成的)红肿伤痕 - His back was covered in weals and bruises.
他的背上布满了伤痕和瘀伤。
Word Originearly 19th cent.: variant of wale, influenced by obsolete wheal ‘suppurate’. - His back was covered in weals and bruises.