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especially young ones, with new ideas or ways of doing things lirffeia, ( X%¥&,

It;      — more at cold adj., flesh n., freeze v.,

SPILL V., SPIT V., STIR V., SWEAT V.

verb [VN] (especially BrE) to give sb their first experience of an activity ifc.(          )

'blood bank noun a place where blood is kept for use in hospitals, etc. jfiL#

blood-bath /'blAdba:0; NAmE -bae0/ noun [sing.] a situ­ation in which many people are killed violently XM&

HT71 MASSACRE

'blood brother noun a man who has promised to treat another man as his brother, usually in a ceremony in which their blood is mixed together ( X M Ifa. X

'blood clot (also clot) noun a lump that is formed when blood dries or becomes thicker   JfiL±£: a blood

clot on the brain1}3

'blood count noun the number of red and white cells in sb’s blood; a medical test to count these      &

m mmim

'blood-curdling adj. (of a sound or a story F3 WlKi^) filling you with horror; extremely frightening '|$ ^   M X of (ft: a blood-curdling scream/story

1 blood donor noun a person who gives some of his or her blood to be used in the medical treatment of other people SRjfil#; MJliL#

'blood group (also blood type especially in NAmE) noun any of the different types that human blood is separated into for medical purposes ifiL M: (BrE) What blood group are you?         0 (NAmE) What

blood type do you have?     0 blood group/

type 0*0 MifiL

'blood heat noun [U] the normal temperature of a human body iflL'S.;

blood-hound /'blAdhaund/ noun a large dog with a very good sense of smell, used to follow or look for people XWX (   )

blood ied /'bhvdid/ adj. covered in blood  WiftL

(ft: his bruised and bloodied nose blood-less /'bhvdlas/ adj. 1 without any killing A

:           a bloodless coup/revolution A #?L IftL ®

55 /    2 (of a person or a part of the body Ar&Jf'A

pP{v) very pale & £ IHJ;         : bloodless lips JfiL

ik       3 lacking human emotion X 'If ; & 06 W

BlEI COLD, UNEMOTIONAL

blood-let-ting /'blAdletirj/ noun [U] 1 {formal) the killing or wounding of people AM; HIT! bloodshed

2 a medical treatment used in the past in which some of a patient’s blood was removed & blood-line /'blAdlain/ noun {technical A ilf) the set of ancestors of a person or an animal ftA; ifiLH; ( if)

m)

blood-lust /'blAdlASt/ noun [U] a strong desire to kill or be violent AlfrSfc; HASfc

'blood money noun [U] {disapproving) 1 money paid to a person who is hired to murder sb (      AA#

1$ ) I&li^ 2 money paid to the family of a murdered person (

'blood orange noun a type of orange with red flesh

'blood poisoning noun an illness where the blood becomes infected with harmful bacteria 'blood pressure noun [u] the pressure of blood as it travels around the body jfiL£E: to have high/low blood pressure ifii J3E jtj / f[£ 0 to take (= measure) sb’s blood pressure

, blood ' pudding noun [u, c] = black pudding , blood-' red adj. bright red in colour, like fresh blood

JfiL&feW; mi&tf)

'blood relation (also blood relative) noun a person related to sb by birth rather than by marriage jk A;

#f*i

'blood sausage noun [u, C] {NAmE) = black pudding