bloodletting

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person. historical
    — The pungent pain, dyspnœa, cephalalgia, redness of the face, pulsations of the heart, strong and rapid, the pulse full and vibrating, induced M. Peyrade, then attached to that hospital, to practise blood-letting in the arm. It was followed with marked relief.
  2. The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect. broadly
    — Yet another round of corporate bloodletting.
  3. A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.
    — In 1856 Tu Wen-hsiu rose up in rebellion and occupied Ta-li.[...]"The conflict between the Han Chinese and the Moslems began over trifles. It has developed into a tragedy of mutual bloodletting because of poor management by the civil and military officials at Yung-ch'ang county and of Yunnan province. As a result, the mutual killing spread throughout Yunnan. The fault lies not with the people but with the officials."
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of bloodlet form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

bloodlettings plural blood-letting alternative blood-letting alternative

词汇关系

相关词
bloodlet

词源

词源 1
From blood + letting, equal to bloodlet + -ing.
词源 2
From blood + letting, equal to bloodlet + -ing.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary