bloody
英 ['blʌdɪ]
美['blʌdi]
- adj. 血腥的；非常的；嗜杀的，残忍的；血色的
- vt. 使流血
- adv. 很
词态变化
第三人称单数: bloodies;过去式: bloodied;过去分词: bloodied;现在分词: bloodying;比较级: bloodier;最高级: bloodiest;副词: bloodily;
英英释意
- 1. cover with blood;
- "bloody your hands"
英文词源
- bloody (adj.)
- Old Engish blodig, adjective from blod (see blood). Common Germanic, compare Old Frisian blodich, Old Saxon blôdag, Dutch bloedig, Old High German bluotag, German blutig.
It has been a British intensive swear word since at least 1676. Weekley relates it to the purely intensive use of the cognate Dutch bloed, German Blut. But perhaps it ultimately is connected with bloods in the slang sense of "rowdy young aristocrats" (see blood (n.)) via expressions such as bloody drunk "as drunk as a blood."
Partridge reports that it was "respectable" before c. 1750, and it was used by Fielding and Swift, but heavily tabooed c. 1750-c. 1920, perhaps from imagined association with menstruation; Johnson calls it "very vulgar," and OED writes of it, "now constantly in the mouths of the lowest classes, but by respectable people considered 'a horrid word', on par with obscene or profane language."The onset of the taboo against bloody coincides with the increase in linguistic prudery that presaged the Victorian Era but it is hard to say what the precise cause was in the case of this specific word. Attempts have been made to explain the term's extraordinary shock power by invoking etymology. Theories that derive it from such oaths as "By our Lady" or "God's blood" seem farfetched, however. More likely, the taboo stemmed from the fear that many people have of blood and, in the minds of some, from an association with menstrual bleeding. Whatever, the term was debarred from polite society during the whole of the nineteenth century. [Rawson]
Shaw shocked theatergoers when he put it in the mouth of Eliza Doolittle in "Pygmalion" (1914), and for a time the word was known euphemistically as "the Shavian adjective." It was avoided in print as late as 1936. Bloody Sunday, Jan. 30, 1972, when 13 civilians were killed by British troops at protest in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. - bloody (v.)
- 1520s, from bloody (adj.). Related: Bloodied; bloodying. Old English had blodigan "to make bloody," but the modern word seems to be a later formation.
词组搭配
bloody (或 bloodied) but unbowed
proud of what one has achieved despite having suffered great difficulties or losses
尽管困难重重（或损失巨大），但为自己的成就感到自豪
实用场景例句
- Don't be such a bloody fool.
- 别像个大傻瓜似的。
牛津词典
- That was a bloody good meal!
- 那顿饭真他妈丰盛！
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- What bloody awful weather!
- 多么糟糕透顶的天气！
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- She did bloody well to win that race.
- 她非常出色地赢得了那场赛跑。
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- He doesn't bloody care about anybody else.
- 他根本不关心别人。
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- ‘Will you apologize? ’ ‘Not bloody likely (= Certainly not) ! ’
- “你会道歉吗？”“没门儿。”
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- You can bloody well keep your job─I don't want it !
- 你就留着你那份臭工作吧——我才不稀罕呢！
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- a bloody battle
- 一场血战
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- The terrorists have halted their bloody campaign of violence.
- 恐怖分子已经停止了他们凶残的暴力活动。
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- to give sb a bloody nose (= in a fight)
- 把某人打得鼻孔流血
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- Don't be such a bloody fool.
- 别像个大傻瓜似的。
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- That was a bloody good meal!
- 那顿饭真他妈丰盛！
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- What bloody awful weather!
- 多么糟糕透顶的天气！
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- She did bloody well to win that race.
- 她非常出色地赢得了那场赛跑。
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- He doesn't bloody care about anybody else.
- 他根本不关心别人。
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- ‘Will you apologize? ’ ‘Not bloody likely (= Certainly not) ! ’
- “你会道歉吗？”“没门儿。”
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- You can bloody well keep your job─I don't want it !
- 你就留着你那份臭工作吧——我才不稀罕呢！
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- a bloody battle
- 一场血战
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- The terrorists have halted their bloody campaign of violence.
- 恐怖分子已经停止了他们凶残的暴力活动。
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- to give sb a bloody nose (= in a fight)
- 把某人打得鼻孔流血
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- Forty-three demonstrators were killed in bloody clashes...
- 43名示威者在流血冲突中丧生。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They came to power in 1975 after a bloody civil war.
- 在一场腥风血雨的内战之后，他们于1975年上台执政。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was arrested last October still carrying a bloody knife...
- 去年10月他被捕时，身上还带着一把血迹斑斑的刀。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Yulka's fingers were bloody and cracked.
- 尤尔卡的手指折断了，鲜血直流。
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- One of our children fell and bloodied his knee...
- 我们的一个孩子跌倒了，膝盖磕破了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She stared at her own bloodied hands, unable to think or move.
- 她盯着自己流血的双手，呆呆地愣住了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She'd been bloodied in love...
- 她在爱情上一度伤痕累累。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The reinsurance market has been bloodied by disasters in the U.S.
- 再保险市场因美国发生的灾难而遭受重创。
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