1 N-UNCOUNT 血;血液 Blood is the red liquid that flows inside your body, which you can see if you cut yourself.
血;血液 2 N-UNCOUNT 血统;出身;门第;家世 You can use
blood to refer to the race or social class of someone's parents or ancestors.
血统;出身;门第;家世 3 PHRASE 仇恨;憎恶感;厌恶感 If you say that there is
bad blood between people, you mean that they have argued about something and dislike each other.
仇恨;憎恶感;厌恶感 4 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 要求惩罚;要求严惩 If you say that people
are baying for blood, you mean that they are demanding that someone should be hurt or punished.
要求惩罚;要求严惩 5 PHRASE 出身高贵;名门出身 If you say that someone has
blue blood, you mean that they are from a family that has a high social rank.
出身高贵;名门出身 7 PHRASE 使怒不可遏;使怒火中烧 If you say that something
makes your
blood boil, you are emphasizing that it makes you very angry.
使怒不可遏;使怒火中烧 [emphasis] 8 PHRASE 冷酷无情地;冷血地;残忍地 If something violent and cruel is done
in cold blood, it is done deliberately and in an unemotional way.
冷酷无情地;冷血地;残忍地 [disapproval] SYN without emotion, cruelly, ruthlessly, mercilessly
10 PHRASE 使人不寒而栗;令人毛骨悚然 If you say that something
makes your
blood run cold or
makes your
blood freeze, you mean that it makes you feel very frightened.
使人不寒而栗;令人毛骨悚然 [emphasis] 11 PHRASE 手上沾了…的血;对…的死难辞其咎 If you say that someone has a person's
blood on their
hands, you mean that they are responsible for that person's death.
手上沾了…的血;对…的死难辞其咎 12 PHRASE 天生的;遗传的;生来就有的 If a quality or talent is
in your
blood, it is part of your nature, and other members of your family have it too.
天生的;遗传的;生来就有的 13 PHRASE 新鲜血液;新生力量;新成员 You can use the expressions
new blood ,
fresh blood, or
young blood to refer to people who are brought into an organization to improve it by thinking of new ideas or new ways of doing things.
新鲜血液;新生力量;新成员 -
There's been a major reshuffle of the cabinet to bring in new blood.
内阁进行了重大改组,吸收了一些新鲜血液。
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The England selectors must start introducing young blood.
英格兰队的人才选拔委员会必须着手引入一些新生力量。
14 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 向石取血,缘木求鱼(比喻很难办到或徒劳无功) If you say that doing something such as getting information or persuading someone to talk to you is like
getting blood out of a stone or
getting blood from a stone, you are emphasizing that it is very difficult and that people are not being very helpful. In American English, you can also say that it is like
getting blood out of a turnip .
向石取血,缘木求鱼(比喻很难办到或徒劳无功) [emphasis] 15 PHRASE 竭尽全力;呕心沥血 If you say that someone
sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it.
竭尽全力;呕心沥血 [emphasis] 16 PHRASE 取得初步胜利;最先占上风 If you say that someone
draws first blood, you mean that they have had a success at the beginning of a competition or conflict.
取得初步胜利;最先占上风 [mainly British] 17 PHRASE 血汗;艰苦的努力 If you refer to something as involving
blood, sweat, and tears, you mean that it is a very hard thing to do and requires a lot of effort.
血汗;艰苦的努力 -
Why do apparently sane people go through all the blood, sweat, tears and heartache involved in getting a PhD?
为什么那些看起来神志正常的人会拼了命地要拿到一个博士学位?
18 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 血浓于水;家人总比外人亲 People say '
blood is thicker than water' when they mean that their loyalty to their family is greater than their loyalty to anyone else.
血浓于水;家人总比外人亲 -
Families have their problems and jealousies, but blood is thicker than water.
家家有本难念的经,也都难免互生嫉妒,但总归血浓于水。
19 flesh and blood→see: flesh own flesh and blood
→see: flesh Word Partnership | Use blood with: |
VERB. | donate/give blood 1 |
N. | (red/white) blood cells, blood clot, blood disease, blood loss, pool of blood, blood sample, blood stream, blood supply, blood test, blood transfusion 1 |
ADJ. | covered in blood 1 related by blood 2 bad blood 3 |
PREP. | in someone's blood 2 12 |
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