adjective
bloodier, bloodiest
1
- covered, smeared, or running with blood沾上血的, 血污的; 流血的：
a bloody body.
血淋淋的尸体。
1.1
- composed of or resembling blood含血的; 似血的：
a bloody discharge.
含血（或似血）的排出物（或分泌物）。
2
- involving or characterized by bloodshed or cruelty残酷的, 血腥的：
a bloody coup
血腥的政变
the bloody tyrannies of Europe.
欧洲的血腥暴政。
短语
bloody（或bloodied）but unbowed
- proud of what one has achieved despite having suffered great difficulties or losses尽管困难重重（或损失巨大）, 但为自己的成就感到自豪。
派生词
bloodily
adverbbloodiness
noun词源
Old English blōdig （see BLOOD, -Y1）.
informal, chiefly Brit. <非正式, 主英>
1
- attrib. used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis［表示愤怒、吃惊或仅用于加强语气］该死的; 非常的：
you took your bloody time
你太不着急了
as exclamation bloody Hell!- what was that?真见鬼！——那是什么？
as submodifier it's bloody cold outside.外面冷得要命。
2
- dated unpleasant or perverse〈旧〉讨厌的, 故意作对的：
don't be too bloody to poor Nigel.
不要跟可怜的奈杰尔作对了。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from BLOODY1. The use of bloody to add emphasis to an expression is of uncertain origin, but is thought to have a connection with the 'bloods' (aristocratic rowdies) of the late 17th and early 18th centuries; hence the phrase bloody drunk （= as drunk as a blood） meant 'very drunk indeed'. After the mid 18th cent. until quite recently bloody used as a swear word was regarded as unprintable, probably from the mistaken belief that it implied a blasphemous reference to the blood of Christ, or that the word was an alteration of 'by Our Lady'; hence a widespread caution in using the term even in phrases such as bloody battle merely referring to bloodshed.