fleam

n. 放血针, 放血刀 [医] 放血刀

发音

其它 /fliːm/

词形变化

fleams 复数

别名

phleam fleem

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.

    1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse A bloodstick - a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead — is used to strike the fleam into the vein

  2. 1.

    The watercourse or runoff from a mill; millstream

    英国 方言
  3. 2.

    A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it

    英国 方言

词源

From Middle English fleme, fleom, from Old French flieme, flemie (“open vein”), probably via a Proto-Germanic source (compare Old Saxon flēma, Old High German fliotuma, fliodema, Old English flȳtme (“fleam, lancet”)), borrowed from Vulgar Latin fletoma, *fletomus, from Late Latin flebotomus, phlebotomus, from Ancient Greek φλεβοτόμον (phlebotómon). Compare French flamme, Dutch vlijm, German Fliete, Danish flitte (“fleam”). Doublet of phlebotome.

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