The verb "bleed" primarily means to lose blood, for colors to spread or run, to extract money or resources gradually, or in a medical context, to let blood out. It can also refer to removing air or liquid from a system.
[VERB 动词]出血;流血 When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
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His head had struck the sink and was bleeding...
他的头撞到了水槽上,正在流血。
He was bleeding profusely...
他在大出血。
She's going to bleed to death!
她会流血而死!
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This results in internal bleeding.
这导致了内出血。
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[VERB 动词](颜色)渗开,弥散 If the colour of one substance bleeds into the colour of another substance that it is touching, it goes into the other thing so that its colour changes in an undesirable way.
[V prep]
The colouring pigments from the skins are not allowed to bleed into the grape juice.
外皮上的色素不能渗到葡萄汁里面去。
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[VERB 动词]逐渐榨取…的钱财 If someone is being bled, money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them.
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[disapproval]
We have been gradually bled for twelve years...
我们被一点一滴地压榨了12年。
They mean to bleed the British to the utmost.
他们要最大限度地榨取英国人的财富。
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[PHRASE 短语]榨干…的钱财(或资源) If someone is being bled dry or is being bled white, all of their money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them.
[V inflects]
The war has bled the once-strong Armenian economy dry.
战争榨干了原本繁荣的亚美尼亚经济。
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bleed/bliːd; NAmEbliːd/verb(bled,bled/bled; NAmEbled/)1[intransitive ]to lose blood, especially from a wound or an injury 流血;失血◆My finger's bleeding.我的手指出血了。◆She slowly bled to death.她慢慢地失血死去。◆He was bleeding from a gash on his head.他头上的伤口在出血。2[transitive ]bleedsb (in the past 旧时)to take blood from sb as a way of treating disease 给(某人)放血3[transitive ]bleedsb (for sth) ( informal) to force sb to pay a lot of money over a period of time 长期榨取(某人的钱)◆My ex-wife is bleeding me for every penny I have.我的前妻不断地榨取我的每一分钱。4[transitive ]bleedsth to remove air or liquid from sth so that it works correctly 放掉气体或水(以使某物运行正常);抽干5[intransitive ]bleed(into sth) to spread from one area of sth to another area 散开;渗开◆Keep the paint fairly dry so that the colours don't bleed into each other.涂料尽量干一些,以免颜色相互渗透。IDIOMbleed sb ˈdry( disapproving) to take away all sb's money 榨取某人所有的钱;把某人榨干◆The big corporations are bleeding some of these small countries dry.一些大企业正在把这些小国家榨干。☞more at
bleedbleed /bliːd/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle bled /bled/)
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1blooda)[intransitive] to lose blood, especially because of an injury: Your nose is bleeding. Tragically, she bled to death.bleed profusely/heavily (=bleed a lot) Mrs Burke was found unconscious and bleeding profusely.b)[transitive] to take some blood from someone’s body, done in the past in order to treat a disease: When he fell sick several days later, he had a doctor bleed him.2money [transitive] to force someone to pay an unreasonable amount of money over a period of time: His ex-wife clearly intends to bleed him for every last penny.bleed somebody dry/white (=take all their money, possessions etc) The ten-year war has bled the country dry.3air/liquid [transitive] to remove air or liquid from a system in order to make it work properly, for example from a heating system: We need to bleed the radiators.4colour [intransitive] to spread from one area of cloth or paper to anotherSYN run: Wash it in cold water so the colours don’t bleed.5bleed red ink informal if a company or business bleeds red ink, it loses a lot of money, rather than making money: Analysts predict the retailer will continue to bleed red ink, with losses topping $180 million. → my heart bleeds (for somebody)
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[bli:d]bled, bleeding, bleeds
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bled[3174] bleeding[21291] bleeds[1415]
流血(75%),渗色(11%),榨取(9%),给...抽血(5%)
vt.使出血;榨取
vi.流血;渗出;悲痛
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