bloodletting

英 ['blʌdletɪŋ] 美 ['blʌdletɪŋ]

• n. 流血；杀戮；放血；消耗

英英释义

Noun:

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

2. indiscriminate slaughter;

   "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"
   "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"
   "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"
   "a huge prison battue was ordered"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Many extremists decided to end the bloodletting.
   许多极端分子决定为放血行动画上休止符。

词汇搭配

• bloodletting instrument 抽血装置
• bloodletting therapy 放血疗法
• local bloodletting 局部放血
• bloodletting needle 放血针

近反义词

【近义词】

• quarrel 吵架
• fight 战斗
• dispute 争论
• argument 辩论
• fracas 喧噪
• disagreement 不合
• altercation 争论
• melee 互殴
• battue 驱赶法狩猎
• bloodbath 大屠杀
• bloodshed 流血