bloodletting

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n. 放血 [医] 放血

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词形变化

bloodlettings 复数 bloodlettings

别名

blood-letting

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.

    放血

    历史 医学
  2. 2.

    The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect.

    引申义

    Yet another round of corporate bloodletting.

  3. 3.

    A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of bloodlet

词汇关系

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同义词 3

bloodshed bloodbath battue

上位词 5

slaughter massacre carnage butchery mass murder

下位词 3

cupping phlebotomy venesection

词源

From blood + letting, equal to bloodlet + -ing.

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