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From the word’s history

From Middle English blody, from Old English blōdiġ; blood + -y.

源自古英文 blōdiġ，就是 blood 加上 -y。

Wiktionary

You can picture bloody as literally covered in blood — a cut oozing, red smeared on skin and clothes. Everything else grows out of that raw, violent image.

可以想成字面上「沾滿了血」的樣子：傷口滲著血、皮膚和衣服上抹得一片紅。這種觸目、粗暴的畫面，是 bloody 各種用法共同的起點——從真的流血，到形容打鬥慘烈，再到英國人拿它當加重語氣的粗話。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

a bloodier bloodiest

v bloodied bloodied bloodying bloodies

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

bloodyadj詞源 1/ˈblʌ.di/

  • 1

    Covered in blood.

    • All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.
    • And, as she fled, her mantle she did fall, / Which Lion vile with bloody mouth did stain.
  • 2

    Characterised by bloodshed.

    • There have been bloody battles between the two tribes.
    • Some bloody paſſion ſhakes your very Frame:
  • 3

    vulgarinformalUsed as an intensifier.

    • Traffic in central London was a bloody mess this morning.
    • There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.
  • 4

    datedBadly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.

    • Come to apologize to Charles. I was bloody to him and he's my guest. He's my guest and my only friend and I was bloody to him.

bloodyadv詞源 1/ˈblʌ.di/

  • 1

    vulgarinformalUsed to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or for emphasis.

    • Walk! Not bloody likely. [Sensation]. I am going in a taxi. [She goes out].
    • "Dice are no bloody good," David said.

bloodyverb詞源 2/ˈblʌ.di/

  • 1

    To stain with blood.

    • The butcher often bloodied his apron in the course of his work.
  • 2

    To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight.

  • 3

    To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent).

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • bloody mary

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