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B0331300 (blŭd)n.1. a. The fluid consisting of plasma, blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the vertebrate vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues.b. A similar fluid in animals other than vertebrates.c. The juice or sap of certain plants.2. A vital or animating force; lifeblood.3. One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, identified with the blood found in blood vessels, and thought to cause cheerfulness.4. Bloodshed; murder.5. Temperament or disposition: a person of hot blood and fiery temper.6. a. Descent from a common ancestor; parental lineage.b. Family relationship; kinship.c. Descent from noble or royal lineage: a princess of the blood.d. Recorded descent from purebred stock.e. National or racial ancestry.7. A dandy.tr.v. blood·ed, blood·ing, bloods 1. To give (a hunting dog) its first taste of blood.2. a. To subject (troops) to experience under fire: "The measure of an army is not known until it has been blooded" (Tom Clancy).b. To initiate by subjecting to an unpleasant or difficult experience.Idioms: bad blood Long-standing animosity. in cold blood Deliberately, coldly, and dispassionately. in (one's) blood So characteristic as to seem inherited or passed down by family tradition.

[Middle English blod, from Old English blōd; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

Blood

B0331300 (blŭd)n. pl. Blood or Bloods A member of a tribe of the Blackfoot confederacy inhabiting southern Alberta.

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1.in cold blood - in a cold unemotional manner; "he killed her in cold blood"coldly

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(blad) noun1. the red fluid pumped through the body by the heart. Blood poured from the wound in his side.血液2. descent or ancestors. He is of royal blood.血统ˈbloodless adjective1. without the shedding of blood. a bloodless victory.未流血的2. anaemic. She is definitely bloodless.贫血的ˈbloody adjective1. stained with blood. a bloody shirt; His clothes were torn and bloody.血污的2. bleeding. a bloody nose.流血的3. murderous and cruel. a bloody battle.血腥的4. used in slang vulgarly for emphasis. That bloody car ran over my foot! （用以加强语气，很多人认为含冒犯意）非常，很 ˈbloodcurdling adjective terrifying and horrible. a blood-curdling scream. 恐怖的，令人毛骨悚然的 blood donor a person who gives blood for use by another person in transfusion etc. 供血者blood group/type any one of the types into which human blood is classified. Her blood group is O.血型ˈblood-poisoning noun an infection of the blood. He is suffering from blood-poisoning.血中毒blood pressure the (amount of) pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood-vessels. The excitement will raise his blood pressure.血压ˈbloodshed noun deaths or shedding of blood. There was much bloodshed in the battle.流血ˈbloodshot adjective (of eyes) full of red lines and inflamed with blood. 充血的ˈbloodstained adjective stained with blood. a bloodstained bandage.沾染着血的ˈbloodstream noun the blood flowing through the body. The poison entered her bloodstream.血流ˈblood test noun an analysis of a patient's blood to find out if he/she has any diseases. etc. 验血ˈbloodthirsty adjective1. eager to kill people. a bloodthirsty warrior. 嗜血的，残忍的 2. (of a film etc) full of scenes in which there is much killing. 充满凶杀的ˈbloodthirstiness noun残忍好杀ˈblood transfusion noun the process of giving blood to someone through the veins during an operation etc. 输血，输血法 ˈblood-vessel noun any of the tubes in the body through which the blood flows. He has burst a blood-vessel.血管in cold blood while free from excitement or passion. He killed his son in cold blood.残忍地

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(kəuld) adjective1. low in temperature. cold water; cold meat and salad.冷的2. lower in temperature than is comfortable. I feel cold.寒冷3. unfriendly. His manner was cold.冷淡的 noun1. the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings. She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.寒冷2. an illness with running nose, coughing etc. He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.感冒ˈcoldly adverb in an unfriendly way. She looked at me coldly.冷淡地ˈcoldness noun冷淡ˌcold-ˈblooded adjective1. having blood (like that of a fish) which takes the same temperature as the surroundings of the body. cold-blooded creatures.冷血的2. cruel and unfeeling. cold-blooded murder.无情的cold war a major, especially political, struggle between nations which involves military threats but not fighting. 冷战get cold feet to lose courage. I was going to apply for the job but I got cold feet.丧失勇气give (someone) the cold shoulder verb (also ˌcoldˈshoulder ) to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person). All the neighbours gave her the cold shoulder; He cold-shouldered all his sister's friends. （表示）冷淡 in cold blood deliberately and unemotionally. He killed them in cold blood.残忍地

in cold blood

Ruthlessly and without feeling any remorse. Typically said of a murder that is committed in a calm and deliberate manner. This was no crime of passion—he killed them in cold blood, as they slept!See also: blood, cold

in cold blood

Fig. without feeling; with cruel intent. (Frequently said of a crime, especially murder.) The killer walked up and shot the woman in cold blood. How insulting! For a person to say something like that in cold blood is just horrible.See also: blood, cold

in cold blood

In a purposely ruthless and unfeeling manner, as in The whole family was murdered in cold blood. This expression alludes to the notion that blood is the seat of emotion and is hot in passion and cold in calm. The term therefore means not "in the heat of passion," but "in a calculated, deliberate manner." [Late 1500s] See also: blood, cold

in cold blood

COMMON If a person kills someone in cold blood, they kill them in a calm and deliberate way, rather than in anger or self-defence. They murdered my brother. They shot him down in cold blood. She was executed in cold blood while her boyfriend looked on helplessly. Note: You can describe a killing or a killer as cold-blooded. This is just another attempt to excuse the cold-blooded murder of an innocent woman. It was clear to Blackburn that she was a cold-blooded killer. Note: People use these expressions to express shock or horror at a killing. Note: In medieval times, some people believed that certain emotions changed the temperature of the blood. See also: blood, cold

in cold blood

without feeling or mercy; ruthlessly. According to medieval physiology blood was naturally hot, and so this phrase refers to an unnatural state in which someone can carry out a (hot-blooded) deed of passion or violence without the normal heating of the blood. Compare with make your blood curdle and make your blood run cold (at blood).See also: blood, cold

in cold ˈblood

deliberately and calmly, without showing any pity: The innocent victims were shot in cold blood. OPPOSITE: in the heat of the moment ▶ ˌcold-ˈblooded adj.: a cold-blooded murderSee also: blood, cold

in cold blood

mod. without feeling; with cruel intent. Rocko kills in cold blood and never gives it a thought. See also: blood, cold

in cold blood

Deliberately, coldly, and dispassionately.See also: blood, cold

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Calculatedly ruthless. This expression comes from the days when it was commonly believed that blood rules the temper and was boiling hot when one was excited and ice-cold when one was calm. The French call it sang-froid, a term taken over in English with the same meaning. Thus Byron wrote of Don Juan, “Cross-legg’d with great sang-froid among the scorching ruins he sat smoking.” In more recent times Truman Capote used the term as the title of a detailed account (1965) of a deliberate act of murder.See also: cold

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adv in a cold unemotional manner

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