bleed

verb

/bliːd/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they bleed	/bliːd/ /bliːd/
he / she / it bleeds	/bliːdz/ /bliːdz/
past simple bled	/bled/ /bled/
past participle bled	/bled/ /bled/
-ing form bleeding	/ˈbliːdɪŋ/ /ˈbliːdɪŋ/

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[intransitive] to lose blood, especially from a wound or an injury流血；失血
- My finger's bleeding.我的手指出血了。
- She slowly bled to death.她慢慢地失血死去。
- He was bleeding from a gash on his head.他头上的伤口在出血。
- The small blood vessels in the nose bleed easily.鼻子里的细小血管很容易出血。
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- badly
- heavily
- profusely
- …
preposition
- from
phrases
- bleed to death
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[transitive] bleed somebody (in the past) to take blood from somebody as a way of treating disease（旧时）给（某人）放血
[transitive] bleed somebody (for something) (informal) to force somebody to pay a lot of money over a period of time长期榨取（某人的钱）
- The company seems intent on bleeding us for every penny we have.公司似乎想榨取我们的每一分钱。
[transitive] bleed something to remove air or liquid from something so that it works correctly放掉气体或水（以使某物运行正常）；抽干
[intransitive] bleed (into something) to spread from one area of something to another area散开；渗开
- Keep the paint fairly dry so that the colours don't bleed into each other.涂料尽量干一些，以免颜色相互渗透。

Word OriginOld English blēdan, of Germanic origin; related to blood.

Idioms

bleed somebody dry

(disapproving) to take away all somebody’s money榨取某人所有的钱；把某人榨干
- The big corporations are bleeding some of these small countries dry.一些大企业正在把这些小国榨干。

my heart bleeds (for somebody)

(ironic) used to say that you do not feel sympathy for somebody（表示不同情或怜悯）真可怜
- ‘I have to go to Brazil on business.’ ‘My heart bleeds for you!’“我要出差去巴西。” “真够可怜的！”