bloody1

adjective

/ˈblʌdi/

[only before noun] adverb (British English, taboo, slang)Idioms

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a swear word that many people find offensive that is used to emphasize a comment or an angry statement（用以加强语气；很多人认为含冒犯意）
- Don't be such a bloody fool.别像个大傻瓜似的。
- That was a bloody good meal!那顿饭真他妈丰盛！
- What bloody awful weather!多么糟糕透顶的天气！
- She did bloody well to win that race.她非常出色地赢了那场赛跑。
- He doesn't bloody care about anybody else.他根本不关心别人。
- ‘Will you apologize?’ ‘Not bloody likely!’ (= Certainly not!)“你会道歉吗？” “没门儿。”
- The rail strike is a bloody nuisance.铁路罢工是一件令人讨厌的事。
- I can’t get this bloody stupid thing to work.我不能让这该死的愚蠢的东西工作。
- What the bloody hell do you think you’re doing?你到底在干什么？
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Bloody is used with these nouns:
battle
clash
confrontation
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: from bloody2. The use of bloody to add emphasis to an expression is of uncertain origin, but is thought to have a connection with the “bloods” (aristocratic rowdies) of the late 17th and early 18th centuries; hence the phrase bloody drunk (= as drunk as a blood) meant “very drunk indeed”. After the mid 18th cent. until quite recently bloody used as a swear word was regarded as unprintable, probably from the mistaken belief that it implied a blasphemous reference to the blood of Christ, or that the word was an alteration of “by Our Lady”; hence a widespread caution in using the term even in phrases, such as bloody battle, merely referring to bloodshed.

Idioms

bloody well

(British English, taboo, slang) used to emphasize an angry statement or an order（强调气愤的话或命令）
- You can bloody well keep your job—I don't want it!你就继续干你那份臭工作吧，我才不稀罕呢！
- ‘I’m not coming.’ ‘Yes, you bloody well are!’“我不会来的。”“对，你当然不会来。”

bloody2

adjective

/ˈblʌdi/

(comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)

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involving a lot of violence and killing嗜杀的；血腥的；残暴的
- a bloody battle一场血战
- The terrorists have halted their bloody campaign of violence.恐怖分子已经停止了他们凶残的暴力活动。
covered with blood; bleeding血淋淋的；流血的
- to give somebody a bloody nose (= in a fight)把某人打得鼻孔流血
- bloody fingerprints血腥的指纹