单词 | bloody |
释义 | bloody (once / 272 pages) 1adjv 2adjadv Something that's bloody is stained or covered with blood, like a bloody nose. In British slang, bloody means something like “very.” That’s bloody brilliant! Things that are literally bloody have blood on them or are made of blood. Figuratively bloody things, on the other hand, only imply blood — a bloody coup, for example, is a government overthrow that involves some amount of violence. To bloody something is to cover it in blood: "I will bloody your nose if you say that again!" It comes from the Old English blodig, from blod, or "blood." WORD FAMILYbloody: bloodied, bloodier, bloodies, bloodiest, bloodily, bloodiness, bloodying, unbloody+/blood: blooded, blooding, bloodless, bloods, bloody/blooded: bloodedest, bloodedly/bloodless: bloodlessly USAGE EXAMPLES“Pet” is a modern-day fable of unchecked desire that descends quickly into a bloody, morbid cautionary tale. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) When the Americans recovered a bloody blanket outside one house, the woman who lived there pleaded ignorance. Time(Dec 01, 2016) Viewers are right above the limo looking down at Kennedy’s bloody head in Jackie’s lap, giving us a similar vantage to Jackie’s. Slate(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1adj having or covered with or accompanied by blood a bloody nose your scarf is all bloody the effects will be violent and probably bloody a bloody fight Syn|Ant blood-filled containing blood bloodstained, gorycovered with blood bloodsuckingdrawing blood from the body of another bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, sanguinarymarked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed crimson, red, violentcharacterized by violence or bloodshed homicidal, murderouscharacteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being butcherly, gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterousaccompanied by bloodshed internecinecharacterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides merciless, unmercifulhaving or showing no mercy bloodless free from blood or bloodshed nonviolent, unbloodyachieved without bloodshed 2v cover with blood 2bloody your hands Hyper cover, spread over form a cover over 1adj informal intensifiers a bloody fool Syn unmitigated not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier 2adv extremely you are bloody right Syn all-fired, damn |
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