| 单词 | blood tale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblood tale blood tale n. a tale involving bloodshed and violence; spec. a cheaply published story of a sensational kind (now historical); cf. penny blood n. at penny n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1836 R. S. Bayley Nature considered as Revelation i. i. 24 There were no blood-tales to startle, no intrigues to watch. 1899 W. N. Oscar Cruise of Golden Wave v. 58 ‘Is it a good old blood-tale?’ I asked. ‘No,’ he replied, ‘it ain't. I don't reckon nothen' o' good old blood-tales, nor the fellows as writes 'em, neither.’ 2001 A. Boye Holding Stone Hands iv. xvii. 159 Each one tries to outdo the other by telling stories of animals they have killed..a gruesome contest of blood tales. < as lemmas |
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