单词 | bloodstain |
释义 | bloodstainn. A stain or discolouring mark made by blood. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > stained condition > stain > by blood bloodstain1614 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia vi. 229 Nor Nilus blusht with that blood staine [L. infando pollutus sanguine Nilus]. 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad iii. 52 O Witch Medea! Progne, with blood-stain! 1795 V. Knox Spirit of Despotism xxx. 251 May Heaven's sweet mercy, then, wash off the blood-stains from their hands. 1820 T. Hodgskin Trav. N. Germany I. iii. 121 Its complete destruction by the army of General Tilly..is a blood stain, that..can never be erased. 1864 Derby Mercury 14 Dec. Species of plants and animals which put on the appearance of blood stains. 1906 H. J. H. Fenton Notes Qualitative Anal. (new ed.) 176 A blood stain moistened with an alcoholic solution of benzidine, or of guaiacum, gives a deep blue colour when treated with H2O2. 1956 Life 17 Dec. 40/2 (caption) Bloodstains were left on this car by Turner when he fell against it while being beaten and kicked by the furious crowd. 2008 New Scientist 8 Nov. 10/2 Chlorine-based bleaches are known to make bloodstains invisible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). bloodstainv. transitive. To stain (something) with blood. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > stain or smear with blood bebloodyc1210 bebleedc1230 begore?1518 blood1522 imbrue1529 bloody1530 gore1566 engore1593 sanguine1610 gild1614 beblood1623 bleed1634 ensanguine1667 bloodstain1798 vermilion1817 imbue1850 1798 T. B. Richards Let. 3 Nov. in Lett. from Sicily (1800) xi. 112 I said nothing which might lead the grey-bearded old man to detect my disbelief in the possibility of blood-staining polished granite. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xxii. 37 Your fellows..in a fiery mass, Bloodstain the breach through which they pass. 1888 C. A. Sherard in D. B. W. Sladen Austral. Poets 1788–1888 449 The fallen monarchs lay, Blood-staining the green of the turf. 1986 P. Benchley Q Clearance ii. 17 He had attempted to propel his six-foot-one-inch self erect through the doorway, pulping a section of his skull and bloodstaining the lemon carpet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1614v.1798 |
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