blood and gutsn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌblʌd (ə)n(d) ˈɡʌts/, U.S.

/ˌbləd ən ˈɡəts/

Forms: 1900s– blood and guts, 1900s– blood & guts, 1900s– blood 'n guts, 1900s– blood 'n' guts, 1900s– blood n' guts, 1900s– blood n guts.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blood n., and conj.¹, gut n.

Etymology: < blood n. + and conj.¹ + the plural of gut n.

A. n.

Violence and bloodshed, esp. as depicted unsparingly or graphically in fiction, film, etc.; (more generally) conflict or intensity.

ΚΠ

1894 J. Smith Page of Life ii. 16 We must restore order. We are not going to have blood and guts here.

1942 Antioch Rev. 2 322/1 Fiction published in war time cannot hope to receive a coherent appreciation unless it obviously belongs on the one hand to the school of pure escape or on the other to the school of blood and guts.

1961 Public Interest in National Labor Policy (Independent Study Group) i. 21 ‘Blood and guts’ is part of American labor relations.

1971 Bennington (Vermont) Banner 9 Feb. 10/3 He thinks the Colonels are the best in the SVL, regardless of their record, which, he opines, may have suffered from relying on blood and guts rather than the talent they already possess.

2011 Play Mag. (Austral.) (Nexis) 3 Nov. 9 Del Toro says films that incorporate scares and substance over blood and guts..are the style of film he prefers to produce.

B. adj.

Chiefly in the context of fiction, poetry, etc.: depicting violence and bloodshed, esp. unsparingly or graphically; (more generally) characterized by conflict or intensity.

ΚΠ

1922 R. Graves On Eng. Poetry liv. 126 This romantic obsession..is as absurd as that of the blood-and-guts realists.

1945 Billboard 3 Nov. 41/2 Good old blood-and-guts melodrama mixes well with the psychological theme.

1975 Herald (Melbourne) 11 Oct. 27/1 The Tests between Australia and the West Indies this summer will be a blood and guts battle of brute speed.

1989 J. Churchill Grime & Punishment (1992) ix. 73 She saw Jane coming and put down the blood-and-guts paperback novel she'd been reading.

2010 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 34/2 Rodriguez usually devises blood-and-guts stories that are outrageous, violent and over the top.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blood and guts
释义	blood and gutsn.adj. Brit. /ˌblʌd (ə)n(d) ˈɡʌts/, U.S. /ˌbləd ən ˈɡəts/ Forms: 1900s– blood and guts, 1900s– blood & guts, 1900s– blood 'n guts, 1900s– blood 'n' guts, 1900s– blood n' guts, 1900s– blood n guts. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blood n., and conj.¹, gut n. Etymology: < blood n. + and conj.¹ + the plural of gut n. A. n. Violence and bloodshed, esp. as depicted unsparingly or graphically in fiction, film, etc.; (more generally) conflict or intensity. ΚΠ 1894 J. Smith Page of Life ii. 16 We must restore order. We are not going to have blood and guts here. 1942 Antioch Rev. 2 322/1 Fiction published in war time cannot hope to receive a coherent appreciation unless it obviously belongs on the one hand to the school of pure escape or on the other to the school of blood and guts. 1961 Public Interest in National Labor Policy (Independent Study Group) i. 21 ‘Blood and guts’ is part of American labor relations. 1971 Bennington (Vermont) Banner 9 Feb. 10/3 He thinks the Colonels are the best in the SVL, regardless of their record, which, he opines, may have suffered from relying on blood and guts rather than the talent they already possess. 2011 Play Mag. (Austral.) (Nexis) 3 Nov. 9 Del Toro says films that incorporate scares and substance over blood and guts..are the style of film he prefers to produce. B. adj. Chiefly in the context of fiction, poetry, etc.: depicting violence and bloodshed, esp. unsparingly or graphically; (more generally) characterized by conflict or intensity. ΚΠ 1922 R. Graves On Eng. Poetry liv. 126 This romantic obsession..is as absurd as that of the blood-and-guts realists. 1945 Billboard 3 Nov. 41/2 Good old blood-and-guts melodrama mixes well with the psychological theme. 1975 Herald (Melbourne) 11 Oct. 27/1 The Tests between Australia and the West Indies this summer will be a blood and guts battle of brute speed. 1989 J. Churchill Grime & Punishment (1992) ix. 73 She saw Jane coming and put down the blood-and-guts paperback novel she'd been reading. 2010 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 34/2 Rodriguez usually devises blood-and-guts stories that are outrageous, violent and over the top. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1894
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