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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 brain A©1}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