| 单词 | to bleed white |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bleed white P8. to bleed white: (a) intransitive (hyperbolically) to shed colourless blood (rare); (b) [compare French †saigner jusqu'au blanc (1798), †saigner au blanc (1845), saigner à blanc (1863)] transitive to drain completely of resources (cf. bleed v. 10). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (intransitive)] > be injured > be wounded > shed blood bleeda1300 to weep (tears of) blood1593 to bleed white1854 the mind > possession > taking > extortion > practise extortion on [verb (transitive)] ransom?a1425 to poll and pill1528 exact1534 bloodsuck?1541 extort1561 rack1576 flay1584 shave1606 wire-draw1616 punisha1626 sponge1631 squeeze1639 screwa1643 to screw up1655 bleed1680 torture1687 to screw down1725 to shake down1872 to squeeze (someone) until the pips squeak1918 to bleed white1935 rent1956 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. ii. 7 His skin was so unwholesomely deficient in the natural tinge, that he looked as though, if he were cut, he would bleed white. 1898 Advocate of Peace 60 83/1 The navy much be kept equal to any other two navies of the world, if every other department of the public service is robbed and the people bled white through excessive taxation. 1935 Sabbath School Worker Nov. 6/1 ‘There are too many appeals for money’, the people are ‘bled white’, and ‘we can't give another penny’. 1945 R. Chandler in R. Chandler Speaking (1966) 113 It is the writers' own weakness as craftsmen that permits the superior egos to bleed them white of initiative, imagination, and integrity. 1982 ‘W. Haggard’ Mischief-makers i. 16 Her husband had been a wealthy man, the lady's solicitors sharp and ruthless, and her husband had been bled white to get rid of her. 2001 Bizarre July 97/1 She's bleeding us white. < as lemmas |
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