单词 | wound |
释义 | wound I. 1. a. < has a deep festering knife wound across the palm > < the hollow-nosed bullet leaves a jagged wound > b. (1) (2) < a metal receptacle to catch the sap that dripped from the wound — Hamilton Basso > 2. a. < lived … under the uneasy strain of avoiding wounds to their self-esteem — Oscar Handlin > < inflicts wounds upon the human spirit which no surgery can heal — Virginia Woolf > < in the hospital wards he was confronted with every type of psychiatric wound — Don Wharton > b. < wish that the bitter strike would leave no deep wounds — Mary K. Hammond > < reopens the party's wounds by attacking the past leadership — R.L.Strout > < the perfect way to heal many of the world's worst wounds — P.M.Mazur > Synonyms: < a gunshot wound > < the wound made by the surgeon's knife > trauma designates physical injury or mental or emotional shock that leaves a lasting morbid or abnormal impression on the mind < a birth trauma > < the traumata of war > < discomfort, pain, and trauma to the middle ear — H.G.Armstrong > < great social traumas like the French Revolution and the American Civil War — Alexander Heard > although sometimes it extends in meaning to designate the effects of a traumatic injury or a traumatism < the multiple symptoms of a traumatism — a fear of dirt or scum, a constant washing of the hands, much talk about impurity > lesion designates the effect on the tissues caused by a wound, trauma, or injury resulting from disease or degeneration, implying a pathological alteration in tissue or loss of function < tubercular lesions in the lungs > < occasionally the so-called rheumatic lesions affect the joints, giving symptoms like those of growing pains — Morris Fishbein > < some obscure sort of psychological lesion — Nathaniel Burt > bruise is the standard and contusion the medical term for an injury ordinarily the result of impact that results in the disorganization of subcutaneous tissues with usually no break in the skin but with black and blue discoloring < a bruise on the arm from a flying stone > < a contusion on the hip from a fall on the ice > II. transitive verb 1. a. < using his knife to wound and maim his opponent > < flying shrapnel had wounded several others > < the bullet wounded him in the shoulder > < had been wounded in the battle — E.K.Alden > b. < was sure he had mortally wounded the submarine — Walter Karig > < the trees are wounded and the sap allowed to run out — G.S.Brady > < the volcanic crust is wounded by the upheaval > 2. < had tried to wound him by some cheap irony, sarcasm, or just plain rudeness — Bruce Mason > < the ability to wound the enemy through trade … by applications of the rule of contrabrand — F.L.Paxson > < the 18th century … was so wounded by the memories of the religious wars — Herbert Agar > intransitive verb < intending only to wound, not to kill > < critical remarks often wound deeply > III. past of wind |
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