| 单词 | bloody |
| 释义 | bloody (blʌdi ) Word forms: bloodier , bloodiest , bloodies , bloodying , bloodied 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Bloody is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are angry. [British, rude, emphasis] 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a situation or event as bloody, you mean that it is very violent and a lot of people are killed. Forty-three demonstrators were killed in bloody clashes. They came to power after a bloody civil war. Synonyms: cruel, fierce, savage, brutal bloodily adverb [ADVERB with verb] Rebellions in the area were bloodily repressed by pro-government forces. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 You can describe someone or something as bloody if they are covered in a lot of blood. He was arrested last October, still carrying a bloody knife. Yulka's fingers were bloody and cracked. Synonyms: bloodstained, raw, bleeding, blood-soaked bloodily adverb [ADVERB with verb] The soldier reeled bloodily away. 4. verb If you have bloodied part of your body, there is blood on it, usually because you have had an accident or you have been attacked. One of our children fell and bloodied his knee. [VERB noun] She stared at her own bloodied hands, unable to think or move. [VERB-ed] 5. passive verb If someone or something is bloodied by an experience, they are hurt or damaged by it. She'd been bloodied in love. [be VERB-ed] The reinsurance market has been bloodied by disasters in the U.S. [be VERB-ed] Idioms: give someone a bloody nose [British] to defeat someone in a contest or competition in a way that does not cause permanent damage but makes them look foolish or inferior Most are so fed up with this new tax that they are threatening to give the Government more than a bloody nose in the forthcoming by-election. to damage the other side in a war or conflict enough to cause it to withdraw, at least for a time Giving the national army a bloody nose is one thing. Taking on its full might is another. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 血腥的, 使流血 Japanese: 血まみれの, 出血させる |
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