喜樂美語

核心畫面

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…更多收起可以想成字面上「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。

Three branches

字面上的血：沾血・流血

這一組最貼近核心畫面，都直接跟真正的血有關：身上沾血、場面血腥、或讓某人流血。

covered in blood · adjective · B2

Covered in blood, or losing blood from a cut.

流血的

英式加強語氣（粗話）

一種想法是：血本身帶著強烈、令人不快的衝擊，英國人就把這個粗魯的字借來加重情緒，變成罵人或抱怨時墊在句子裡的髒話。它不再真的講血，只借那股粗暴的力道。

damn (intensifier) · adjective · B2

A rude British word added to what you say to make it sound stronger.

該死的（加強語氣）

從血長出的固定說法

這些是把血的畫面凝結成的慣用語：整句要一起記，但它們之所以有力量，還是靠背後那個流血、受傷的意象。

scream/yell bloody murder · adjective · B2

Used in 'scream/yell bloody murder' to protest very loudly and angrily.

大聲抗議

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。