| 单词 | bruise |
| 释义 | bruise (once / 467 pages) 1nv 2v If you're just learning to skateboard, you’ve probably got an ugly bruise or two to show for it — those purple and yellow patches you get on your skin where you’ve bumped and scraped. They probably hurt, too! You can find bruises at the grocery store, too — those soft, mushy spots on a peach or an apple — and if you drop a tomato, you're likely to bruise it. You can bruise your knee or bruise someone's feelings — if you tell your friend you don't like her novel, you’ll bruise her ego. WORD FAMILYbruise: bruised, bruiser, bruises, bruising+/bruiser: bruisers/bruising: bruisingly USAGE EXAMPLESHe ended it smothered in bruises, boos and the most basic of questions. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland, Democrats are promising a bruising confirmation fight. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Heffner is now back in her home, and though her foot is still healing, her face is no longer marred by bruising. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration Syn|Hypo|Hyper contusion ecchymosis the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise petechiaa minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever) black eye, mouse, shinera swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye harm, hurt, injury, trauma any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. 2v injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of I bruised my knee Syn|Hypo|Hyper contuse crush, jam crush or bruise injure, wound cause injuries or bodily harm to 3v hurt the feelings of 2This remark really bruised my ego Syn|Hypo|Hyper hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound affront, diss, insult treat, mention, or speak to rudely laceratedeeply hurt the feelings of; distress stingcause an emotional pain, as if by stinging abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortifycause to feel shame; hurt the pride of crush, demolish, smashhumiliate or depress completely degrade, demean, disgrace, put down, take downreduce in worth or character, usually verbally arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) 1v damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them Hyper damage inflict damage upon 2v break up into small pieces for food preparation bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them Hyper crush break into small pieces |
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