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单词 bloody
释义 bloody
I. \ˈblədē, -di\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English blōdig, from blōd blood + -ig -y — more at blood
1.
 a. : containing or made up of blood
  < a bloody boil >
  < a bloody sweat >
 b. : of or in the blood
  < lust is but a bloody fire — Shakespeare >
2.
 a. : smeared or stained with blood
  < your scarf is all bloody >
 b. : dripping blood : bleeding
  < too many minor arguments were ending in bloody noses >
3.
 a. : portending or calling for bloodshed
  < a bloody augury >
  < I do begin to have bloody thoughts — Shakespeare >
 b. : accompanied by or involving bloodshed, often cruel or needless bloodshed : sanguinary
  < a bitter bloody quarrel >
 especially : marked by great slaughter
  < a bloody battle was once fought here >
4.
 a. : given or tending to the shedding of blood : murderous
  < there was no escape from this bloody rule >
 b. : having a cruel savage disposition : merciless, cruel
  < a foul bloody villain >
5. : suggesting or like blood in color : bloodred
 < maples bloody at the touch of Jack Frost >
6. Britain — used as a generalized expression of intensification
 < a bloody rascal >
often losing all force
 < pass the bloody salt >
— often considered vulgar
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
: to make bloody
 < let me alone or I'll bloody your nose >
especially : to stain or redden with or as if with blood
 < autumn already bloodying the dwarf shrubs of the plain — Farley Mowat >
 < the battles that have bloodied this sacred soil >
III. adverb
Britain — used as an intensive
 < a bloody good lot >
 < he can bloody well get his own dinner >
— often considered vulgar
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