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单词 bloodless
释义 blood·less
\ˈblədlə̇s\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English blodles, from Old English blōdlēas, from blōd blood + -lēas -less — more at blood
1.
 a. : lacking or apparently lacking blood : free from blood
  < the meat must be made completely bloodless >
  < a bloodless surgical field >
 often : pale, pallid, blanched
  < a wan and bloodless countenance >
 b. : lifeless
  < the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold — John Dryden >
2. : not accompanied by bloodshed or slaughter
 < a bloodless victory >
 < a bloodless revolution >
3. : lacking in spirit or vitality
 < a bloodless descendant of a noble race >
also : lacking in originality or vigor
 < the bloodless art of the mid-19th century >
 < make his novels and dramas rather bloodless exercises in abstract morality — F.B.Millett >
4. : lacking in human feeling : cold-hearted, unemotional, unfeeling
 < a batch of bloodless statistics — F.L.Allen >
 < a curious bloodless attempt to examine and pry into the lives of his fellows >
blood·less·ly adverb
blood·less·ness noun -es
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