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- an injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying blood vessels（皮肤上的）淤伤, 挫伤, 青肿。
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- a similar area of damage on a fruit, vegetable, or plant（水果、蔬菜或植物上的）伤痕, 碰伤。
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- with obj. [often as adj. bruised] inflict such an injury on (someone or something)使受淤伤, 打青：
a bruised knee.
撞青了的膝盖。
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- hurt (someone's feelings)伤害（某人的感情）：
she tried to bolster her bruised pride.
她试图重振起受损的自尊。
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- no obj. be susceptible to bruising易受伤：
potatoes bruise easily, so treat them with care.
土豆很容易碰伤, 摆弄时要小心轻放。
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- crush or pound (something)压碎, 碾碎：
the mix contains bruised oats.
这种混合物里面含有碎麦片。
词源
Old English brȳsan 'crush， injure or damage with a blow'， reinforced in Middle English by Old French bruisier 'break'.