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单词 bloodletting
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
blood•let•ting /ˈblʌdˌlɛtɪŋ/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Surgerythe act of letting blood out by cutting open a vein:Bloodletting was once performed by barbers.
  2. bloodshed.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
blood•let•ting  (blud′let′ing),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Surgerythe act or practice of letting blood by opening a vein;
    phlebotomy.
  2. bloodshed or slaughter.
  3. bloodbath.
  4. Informal Termssevere cutbacks or reduction in personnel, appropriations, etc.:The company went through a period of bloodletting in the 1970s.
  • Middle English blod letunge. See blood, let1, -ing1 1175–1225
blood′let′ter, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
blood-letting /ˈblʌdˌlɛtɪŋ/ n
  1. the therapeutic removal of blood, as in relieving congestive heart failure
    See also phlebotomy
  2. bloodshed, esp in a blood feud
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