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单词 bled
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bledn.

Brit. /blɛd/, U.S. /blɛd/
Etymology: French, < colloquial Arabic bled, representing (depending on context) balad vast stretch of country or bilād land, country.
In parts of North Africa formerly under French rule: an uncultivated wasteland; the hinterland behind a fertile, populated area. Also, in extended use: a rolling plain or other open stretch of land.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > specific
never-never1833
Never-Never Country1859
never-never land1875
marismas1884
Neverland1892
garigue1896
bled1930
1927 H. McLaurin What about N. Afr.? xxxiii. 282 This part of the country called the Bled El Djerid, or ‘land of dates’, was known to the Romans.]
1930 H. L. Foster Vagabond in Barbary iii. 21 This bled, or rolling prairie, was not the wasteland it appeared to be.
1946 G. Millar Horned Pigeon xx. 337 It's the bled all right. A wilderness of rain and mud and discomfort.
1960 Times 23 Feb. 10/6 As a result of these pressures, the bled is now dotted with camps.
1971 F. Forsyth Day of Jackal i. i. 20 When he got his lieutenant-colonelcy Marc Rodin moved out of the bled and into the cities.
1985 S. Stevens Anvil Chorus ii. 31 Laffage had led much of the early secret war against the FLN, first in the Algerian bled and later in the cities.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bledadj.

Brit. /blɛd/, U.S. /blɛd/
Etymology: < bleed v.
1. Drained of blood or sap.
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the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > emptied of liquid or moisture > of blood or sap
bled1894
1894 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 284 A series of tests and examinations of bled and unbled timber has been carried on.
2. Of a page, illustration, etc.: see bleed v. 13.
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society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > without margin
bled1940
1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end xxv. 434Bled’ photographs..printed to cover the whole of the page, without a margin.
1942 H. A. Maddox Dict. Stationery 15 Bled-off pictures cause a larger size of paper to be used to accommodate the protruding blocks.
1959 Cambr. Rev. 21 Nov. 187/2 Its front cover is..a ‘bled on’ photograph of Great St. Mary's.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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