black and blue

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To bruise, to strike (a person in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it). colloquial,slang
    — ... he black-and-blued her eyes he cooked a big meal to make it up to her. He went out and stole a neighbor's hog or caught some rice birds ... This was a country of rice plantations, but Twig and Peggy lived upriver, where rice[…]
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a person, having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched. colloquial,not-comparable
    — My arm is still black and blue from slipping on the ice yesterday.

词形变化

black-and-blue alternative,attributive black and blues present,singular,third-person black and blueing participle,present black and bluing participle,present black and blued participle,past black and blued past black-and-blue alternative,attributive

词源

词源 1
From Middle English blak and blo, blac and bla (“very dark, bruised”), equivalent to black + and + blow (dialectal term for blue). By surface analysis, black + and + blue.
词源 2
From Middle English blak and blo, blac and bla (“very dark, bruised”), equivalent to black + and + blow (dialectal term for blue). By surface analysis, black + and + blue.
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