taste blood

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To sense weakness in another, encouraging one to attack. figuratively
    — […] in those few moments I had proved myself a cyclist of such enormous cool, such dazzling technique, that I knew I would never again slow down for an advancing truck, veer to avoid a threatening limousine, or hesitate to plunge into the midst of a pedestrian phalanx. I had tasted blood, and now I knew what all those pillar-legged hostelers felt as they sat around their campfires, recalling the encounters and skirmishes of the day.
  2. To press home an advantage in a debate, etc. figuratively
  3. To take pleasure in something new. broadly,figuratively

词形变化

tastes blood present,singular,third-person tasting blood participle,present tasted blood participle,past tasted blood past
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