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If you have a nosebleed, blood starts coming out of your nose. It may follow a knock, very dry air, or no clear reason at all, and it often looks worse than it feels.
If you have a nosebleed如果你nosebleed, blood starts coming out of your nose就是血開始從鼻子流出來. It may follow a knock, very dry air, or no clear reason at all可能是撞到、空氣很乾,或根本沒有明顯原因, and it often looks worse than it feels而且看起來往往比實際感覺還嚴重.
This is the everyday word; a doctor may use a Latin name, but at home everyone says nosebleed. You have a nosebleed, or your nose is bleeding — both are natural.
This is the everyday word這是日常用語; a doctor may use a Latin name醫生可能會用拉丁文名稱, but at home everyone says nosebleed但在家裡大家都說nosebleed. You have a nosebleed你可以說you have a nosebleed, or your nose is bleeding或your nose is bleeding — both are natural兩種說法都很自然.
People also stretch the word in informal American English: “nosebleed seats” are the cheapest seats high up in a stadium, so high (the joke goes) they could give you a nosebleed. That is the same word used for a laugh, not a second dictionary item. The core meaning is blood from the nose.
People also stretch the word大家也會把這個字延伸使用 in informal American English在美式口語裡: "nosebleed seats"「nosebleed seats」 are the cheapest seats high up in a stadium是體育場裡最高、最便宜的座位, so high (the joke goes) they could give you a nosebleed開玩笑說高到會讓你流鼻血. That is the same word used for a laugh那是同一個字被拿來開玩笑用, not a second dictionary item不是另一個獨立的字義. The core meaning is blood from the nose核心的意思就是鼻子流血.
原始詞典資料4 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。
nosebleednoun/ˈnəʊzˌbliːd/
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Haemorrhage from the nose (usually, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity).
- Its pricing is highly volatile — and therefore highly risky. For all its nosebleed ascents, bitcoin also has had some gut-punching plunges. Between November 2021 and November 2022, for example, the price of bitcoin dropped 75%, from $64,455 to $16,196, according to data on coinmarketcap.com.
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obsoleteslangNerd; geek; dork.
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slangMental overload (usually attained as a result of having to comprehend new and/or complex concepts or languages that one is not particularly skilled with).
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。