单词 | bleed |
释义 | bleed (once / 321 pages) 1v 2v 3v When you bleed, blood runs or oozes out of your body. Cutting your finger when you're chopping vegetables can make you bleed. Some kind of illness or injury, particularly one that cuts or scrapes your skin, can make you bleed. In long ago days of medical care, doctors would deliberately bleed patients to treat specific conditions, though today we mainly bleed due to accidents. You can also use bleed to mean "drain of money or resources," as when a greedy relative bleeds his wealthy grandmother, using her fortune to buy himself fancy cars. WORD FAMILYbleed: bled, bleeder, bleeding, bleeds+/bleeder: bleeders/bleeding: bleedings USAGE EXAMPLESIts China unit was bleeding some $2 billion in losses already. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) They believe he is bleeding from razor wire that he climbed through to escape. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) They believe he’s wounded and bleeding from the razor wire. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v lose blood from one's body Syn|Hypo|Hyper hemorrhage, shed blood flow, menstruate undergo menstruation discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release eliminate (a substance) 2v draw blood In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment Syn|Hyper leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize care for, treat provide treatment for 3v drain of liquid or steam 2bleed the radiators the mechanic bled the engine Hyper empty make void or empty of contents v get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone 3They bled me dry--I have nothing left! Hyper extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring obtain by coercion or intimidation v be diffused Syn|Hypo|Hyper run melt, melt down, run reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating crock release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out move outward |
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