bloodletting 详细解释

bloodletting

['blʌd.letiŋ]

n.流血,杀戮,放血, 消耗

词形变化

名词: bloodletter |

英英释义

名词 bloodletting:

formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

indiscriminate slaughter

同义词：bloodbath, bloodshed, battue

补充

bloodlettingbloodletting英:[ˈblʌdˌletɪŋ] 美:[ˈblʌdˌlɛtɪŋ]n.1.放血

例句

1. gang members have halted their internecine bloodletting.匪帮内部已经停止了两败俱伤的流血冲突。 2. They practiced ritual bloodletting.他们举行了放血仪式。 3. They prayed for an end to the bloodletting. [=(more commonly) bloodshed]他们祈祷尽快终止杀戮。 4. We survived last year's bloodletting. [=we were able to keep our jobs]我们在去年的裁员中保住了自己的饭碗。 5. a corporate bloodletting公司裁员

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