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weal

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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weal /wiːl/ noun [countable]  MIMARKa red swollen mark on the skin where someone has been hit 〔皮肤上被打后的〕红肿,伤痕
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wealWillie's arms and legs were covered in bruises, weals and sores.In fact the tension between individual desire and collective weal is present in almost all realms of human life.Others administer substances by intradermal injections and record the size of the cutaneous weal.For a second she stood alone, livid weals striping her from head to foot.There were marks on her skin where the jewels had pressed - weals almost.Either lower or higher doses are then injected serially until the weal or the symptoms disappear.Moreover, the thin weal of the scar along his cheek was of a kind to tell its own story.
Origin weal (1800-1900) wale weal ((11-21 centuries)), from Old English walu
weal nounChinese
mark on Corpus has red a the skin where swollen someone


weal
weal /wiːl/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: wale 'weal' (11-21 centuries), from Old English walu
a red swollen mark on the skin where someone has been hit


wealBrE /wiːl/ 🔊NAmE /wiːl/ 🔊 nouna sore red mark on sb's skin where they have been hit (挨打造成的)红肿伤痕