| 单词 | bloodletting |
| 释义 | bloodletting —bloodletter, n. /blud"let'ing/, n. 1. the act or practice of letting blood by opening a vein; phlebotomy. 2. bloodshed or slaughter. 3. bloodbath. 4. Informal. severe cutbacks or reduction in personnel, appropriations, etc.: The company went through a period of bloodletting in the 1970s. [1175-1225; ME blod letunge. See BLOOD, LET1, -ING1] |
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