bleeding
/ˈbliː.dɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbliː.dɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈblē-diŋ -dᵊn/ (ame, mw)
bleeding — 名詞
1. blood coming out of a wound, the nose, or somewhere inside the body, often becau
出血；流血
血液從傷口或體內流出的情況
blood coming out of a wound, the nose, or somewhere inside the body, often because a blood vessel has broken.
The nurse pressed a clean cloth on Marcus's arm to stop the bleeding.
護士用乾淨的布按壓 Marcus 的手臂，幫他止血。
stop the bleeding (typical collocation)
Doctors warned the family that internal bleeding might require surgery.
醫生警告家屬，內出血可能需要動手術。
compound: internal bleeding
Lina's nose started bleeding during the basketball game, leaving spots on her shirt.
Lina 在打籃球的時候開始流鼻血，襯衫上也沾到了血點。
Heavy bleeding after childbirth is taken seriously at this hospital.
這家醫院非常重視產後大量出血的情況。
The paramedics controlled the bleeding before lifting Carlos onto the stretcher.
救護人員先止住流血，才把 Carlos 抬上擔架。
- hemorrhage
more technical and medical; suggests heavy or dangerous blood loss
- blood loss
neutral and clinical; common in medical reports
文法句型
heavy bleeding
internal bleeding
stop the bleeding
用法筆記
Usually uncountable. Frequently appears with verbs like stop, control, or cause, and with adjectives such as heavy, severe, or internal that describe the amount or location of blood loss.
常見錯誤
2. an old medical practice in which a doctor would cut a sick person or use leeches
放血療法
古代藉抽血治病的醫療作法
an old medical practice in which a doctor would cut a sick person or use leeches so that some of their blood flowed out, in the belief that this would help cure the illness.
In the eighteenth century, doctors often used bleeding to treat fevers and headaches.
在十八世紀，醫生常用放血療法來治療發燒和頭痛。
historical context: 'in the [century], bleeding was used to...'
George Washington died shortly after his physicians ordered repeated bleeding for a throat infection.
George Washington 在醫師多次替他放血治療喉嚨感染後不久就過世了。
The museum displays small knives and bowls once used for bleeding patients in village clinics.
博物館展示著以前鄉村診所替病人放血用的小刀和小碗。
By the 1860s, doctors at Vienna General Hospital had stopped using bleeding to treat fevers and infections.
到了 1860 年代，Vienna General Hospital 的醫師已經不再用放血療法來治療發燒和感染了。
- bloodletting
the more common historical term; preferred in medical history texts
- phlebotomy
technical term; today usually means simply drawing blood for tests
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense names a deliberate medical procedure from earlier centuries, not the involuntary loss of blood from an injury. Often appears with verbs like use, perform, or order, and with time markers such as 'in the past' or a specific century.
常見錯誤
bleeding — 形容詞
1. a rude word that British speakers add before another word to show that they are
該死的；可惡
英式口語中表達不耐煩的粗話
a rude word that British speakers add before another word to show that they are angry or impatient about something.
Where's my bleeding wallet? I had it on the kitchen table an hour ago.
我那該死的皮夾跑去哪了？一個小時前還放在廚房桌上。
intensifier before a noun: 'my bleeding wallet'
Tom shouted that the bleeding printer had jammed again right before his deadline.
Tom 大喊那台可惡的印表機在交件前又卡紙了。
expresses frustration with an object
Shut the bleeding door, Sam — there's a draft coming straight into the kitchen.
Sam，把那扇該死的門關上啦，冷風一直灌進廚房。
Aunt Maggie called the new parking rules a bleeding nuisance for everyone on her street.
Maggie 阿姨說新的停車規定對她那條街的住戶來說真是麻煩透頂。
文法句型
bleeding + noun
a bleeding + noun
用法筆記
British informal only; avoid in writing or polite speech. Always sits directly before a noun and never appears after a linking verb (you cannot say 'the door is bleeding'). Considered a milder swear word than 'bloody', but still rude.