bleed

Word family  noun blood bleeding adjective bloodless bloody verb bleed

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bleed /bliːd/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle bled /bled/)  1  blood 血 a) [intransitive]MIINJURE to lose blood, especially because of an injury 〔尤指因受伤〕流血，出血 Your nose is bleeding. 你的鼻子流血了。 Tragically, she bled to death. 非常不幸，她失血过多死了。bleed profusely/heavily (=bleed a lot) 大量出血 Mrs Burke was found unconscious and bleeding profusely. 伯克夫人被发现时已经不省人事，血流如注。 b) [transitive] to take some blood from someone’s body, done in the past in order to treat a disease 给…放血〔旧时的治病方法〕 When he fell sick several days later, he had a doctor bleed him. 几天后他病倒了，就让一个医生给他做放血治疗。2  money 钱 [transitive]MONEY to force someone to pay an unreasonable amount of money over a period of time 榨取〔钱财〕 His ex-wife clearly intends to bleed him for every last penny. 他的前妻显然是想榨干他每一分钱。bleed somebody dry/white (=take all their money, possessions etc) 把某人榨干 The ten-year war has bled the country dry. 十年战争耗尽了国力。3  air/liquid 空气/液体 [transitive]AIRLIQUID to remove air or liquid from a system in order to make it work properly, for example from a heating system 抽掉〔气体或液体〕 We need to bleed the radiators. 我们得把散热器中的水放掉。4  colour 颜色 [intransitive]CC to spread from one area of cloth or paper to another 渗开 SYN run Wash it in cold water so the colours don’t bleed. 用冷水洗涤以防渗色。5  bleed red ink informal if a company or business bleeds red ink, it loses a lot of money, rather than making money 出现赤字，出现亏损 Analysts predict the retailer will continue to bleed red ink, with losses topping $180 million. 分析人士预测，这家零售企业将会继续亏损，亏损额将超过1.8亿美元。 → my heart bleeds (for somebody) at heart1(38)→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

bleed• The brake line had to be bled.• All the crews of the after guns were knocked over by the concussion, and bled from the nose or ears.• Marcia bled him for every penny he had.• The dark blue bled into the white of the shirt.• A deep cut on her wrist was bleeding profusely.bled to death• He cut his wrists and bled to death.• In real life, Selena ran out of that motel room with a bullet wound, and bled to death.• Losing a leg to a shell, he quickly bled to death.• Within minutes she had bled to death.• He bled to death after being shot in the stomach.• As it was cruel to Eileen, who'd bled to death after the birth of her tiny baby.• He quickly bled to death from the injury.• He bled to death in 15 minutes.• She did not care if he bled to death in front of her.From Longman Business Dictionarybleedbleed /bliːd/ verb (past tense and past participle bled /bled/)1[intransitive] to lose moneyIts consumer electronics division continued to bleed, with an operating loss of $100 million.2[transitive] to make someone pay an unreasonable amount of moneybleed somebody for somethingShe bled him for every last cent that she could.3bleed somebody/something dry/white to take a lot or all of someone’s moneydeveloping countries bled dry by massive loan repayments→ See Verb tableOrigin bleed Old English bledan, from blod; → BLOOD

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bleed
bleed /bliːd/ verb (past tense and past participle bled /bled/)1.  BLOOD
  a. [intransitive] to lose blood, especially because of an injury:
    Your nose is bleeding.
    Tragically, she bled to death.
    bleed profusely/heavily (=bleed a lot)
    Mrs Burke was found unconscious and bleeding profusely.
  b. [transitive] to take some blood from someone’s body, done in the past in order to treat a disease:
    When he fell sick several days later, he had a doctor bleed him.
2.  MONEY  [transitive] to force someone to pay an unreasonable amount of money over a period of time:
    His ex-wife clearly intends to bleed him for every last penny.
    bleed somebody dry/white (=take all their money, possessions etc)
    The ten-year war has bled the country dry.
3.  AIR/LIQUID  [transitive] to remove air or liquid from a system in order to make it work properly, for example from a heating system:
    We need to bleed the radiators.
4.  COLOUR  [intransitive] to spread from one area of cloth or paper to another
   SYN  run:
    Wash it in cold water so the colours don’t bleed.
5. bleed red ink informal if a company or business bleeds red ink, it loses a lot of money, rather than making money:
    Analysts predict the retailer will continue to bleed red ink, with losses topping $180 million.
⇨ my heart bleeds (for somebody) at heart(38)

bleedBrE /bliːd/ 🔊NAmE /bliːd/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they bleed BrE /bliːd/ 🔊 NAmE /bliːd/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it bleeds BrE /bliːdz/ 🔊 NAmE /bliːdz/ 🔊past simple bled BrE /bled/ 🔊 NAmE /bled/ 🔊past participle bled BrE /bled/ 🔊 NAmE /bled/ 🔊 -ing form bleeding BrE /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] to lose blood, especially from a wound or an injury 流血；失血◆My finger's bleeding. 我的手指出血了。🔊🔊◆She slowly bled to death. 她慢慢地失血死去。🔊🔊◆He was bleeding from a gash on his head. 他头上的伤口在出血。🔊🔊

bandage, bleed, bruise, fracture, hurt, injury, plaster, sore, swell, wound1

[transitive] ~ sb (in the past) to take blood from sb as a way of treating disease （旧时）给（某人）放血 [transitive] ~ sb (for sth) (informal) to force sb to pay a lot of money over a period of time 长期榨取（某人的钱）◆My ex-wife is bleeding me for every penny I have. 我的前妻不断地榨取我的每一分钱。🔊🔊 [transitive] ~ sth to remove air or liquid from sth so that it works correctly 放掉气体或水（以使某物运行正常）；抽干 [intransitive] ~ (into sth) to spread from one area of sth to another area 散开；渗开◆Keep the paint fairly dry so that the colours don't bleed into each other. 涂料尽量干一些，以免颜色相互渗透。🔊🔊●bleed sb ˈdry(disapproving) to take away all sb's money 榨取某人所有的钱；把某人榨干◆The big corporations are bleeding some of these small countries dry. 一些大企业正在把这些小国榨干。🔊🔊●my heart ˈbleeds (for sb)(ironic) used to say that you do not feel sympathy or pity for sb （表示不同情或怜悯）真可怜◆'I have to go to Brazil on business.' 'My heart bleeds for you!' “我要出差去巴西。” “真够可怜的！”🔊🔊