bloodletting

英 [ˈblʌdletɪŋ]

美 [ˈblʌdletɪŋ]

n.  杀戮; 伤害; 放血疗法

现在分词：bloodletting　

医学

BNC.41483 / COCA.26611

牛津词典

noun

• 杀戮；伤害
  the killing or wounding of people
• 放血疗法
  a medical treatment used in the past in which some of a patient's blood was removed

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （尤指敌军之间的）武力冲突，流血事件，杀戮
  Blood-lettingis violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies.
  1. Once again there's been ferocious blood-letting in the township.
     镇区再次发生了残忍的流血事件。
• N-UNCOUNT （新闻用语）内讧，同室操戈
  Journalists sometimes refer to a bitter quarrel between two groups of people from within the same organization asblood-letting.
  1. Hopefully a satisfactory solution can be reached without much blood letting.
     有望在不引起严重内讧的情况下达成一个满意的解决方案。

英英释义

noun

• indiscriminate slaughter
  1. a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered
  2. ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name
  3. the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder
  4. a huge prison battue was ordered
  Synonym:bloodbathbloodshedbattue
• formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

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