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adjectivebloodier, bloodiest ˈblʌdiˈblədi 1Covered, smeared, or running with blood. 沾上血的，血污的；流血的 Example sentencesExamples - She looked around, only a few men remained, bloody and covered in ash from the burning supply trucks and carriers.
- He was currently lying on the elevator floor in the fetal position, his hand covering his bloody mass of a nose.
- The bloody blankets that covered them were removed, like the books they never finished.
- Sarah slowly stood up, her face covered in bloody scars.
- The youth took his bloody arm and covered his eyes.
- But there was no help in sight as the police threw my jacket around my head to cover the bloody face while pushing it down towards my knees.
- Finally he arrived at the bottom, bloody and covered in cuts, splayed out on the floor as though he were dead.
- Elephants are typically covered in bloody wounds and rope burns when released from the crush after three to six days.
- It surely seemed like the form of a man but it was completely naked, bloody and covered with mud.
- The bottoms of her feet were bloody and covered in blisters.
- Everyone's clothes were torn, only covered by bloody bandages, and they were incredibly dirty.
- He was covered in bloody stab marks.
- A bloody lip and blood covered shirt front were also Jerome's.
- Scotty fell back into his fellow jocks' arms and covered his now bloody nose.
- It was then did I really look at him; his body was bloody, so covered with the rouge substance that I could not make head or tail of his face.
- I stumbled forward to cover the bloody slashes on my back.
- Her face was covered in small, bloody cuts; Julius had seen that many times; the cuts were from glass.
- Dave tumbled off of the sofa, hand covering a bloody wound.
- Psyke turned around, amusement covering his bloody face.
- Many folks, including parents, may have cringed at the sight of the guy with a bloody nose on the cover of his latest album.
Synonyms bleeding, shedding blood, emitting blood, raw, gaping bloodstained, blood-soaked, blood-spattered, gory archaic sanguinary - 1.1 Composed of or resembling blood.
含血的；似血的 含血（或似血）的排出物（或分泌物）。 Example sentencesExamples - Alex couldn't help noticing the large, bloody smear that remained on the wall.
- He found bloody smears where the wounded had crawled or been dragged away.
- This is true for patients with bloody discharges and for those with clear or serous discharges.
- And instead of sore fingers and bloody smears, the only sign of the test area is a small round ‘target’ ring that disappears in a few minutes.
- Nipple discharges are classified as pathologic if they are spontaneous, bloody or associated with a mass.
- Proestrus is the time when a bloody discharge first appears in a female.
- Dannah's chin was covered with a bloody foam, as was Russell's.
- This may cause bloody discharge from the nipple.
- At eight months George developed a bloody discharge and the eye problem returned, together with a clear mucous discharge from the right ear.
- She was having dry coughing spells at first but then she began having a mucus discharge, which eventually was bloody.
- I froze in shock, saw the bloody fingerprints he left on the glass and wondered what had happened.
- He had a swollen right orbit, a laceration over the right elbow, and bloody discharge from both nostrils.
- She had dust and dirt on her clothes, and a bloody smear on her cheek but she was alive.
- There is usually a history of pain, bloody discharge from the ears, and persistent hearing loss.
- What about bloody nipple discharge during pregnancy?
- He bent down, gathered a handful of straw from the floor and wiped off the bloody smear.
- There may be difficult breathing and a one sided bloody nasal discharge.
- My right hand slipped off his tan pants, leaving a bloody smear.
- It is certainly true that the signs of a suspicious discharge are spontaneous, bloody discharge from a single duct often associated with a mass.
- A nipple discharge that is dark or bloody or that happens without squeezing should be checked by the doctor.
2Involving or characterized by bloodshed or cruelty. 残酷的，血腥的 血淋淋的尸体。 the bloody tyrannies of Europe 欧洲的血腥暴政。 Example sentencesExamples - It is an argument used by many governments to cover up the bloody nature of war, lest public opinion should turn against them.
- To topple the government of my country in a bloody coup.
- And almost two decades later, he launched a failed and bloody coup to oust the dictator from power.
- The government had for days promised an all-out offensive against the rebels who seized half the country after a bloody coup attempt on September 19.
- In the eyes of many people the Soviet troops brought about the end of one bloody tyranny, a Nazi one, and the start of another, a Stalinist one.
- Chilly formality at the top covered bloody conflict in areas contested by the armies of the two parties, as the one sought to continue its expansion, the other to halt it.
- From bloody coups to tribal and religious strife, that country hardly enjoys more than a few months without bloodletting and political convulsions.
- Someone with an ounce of sense may even get elected, and then we can stave off the bloody coup for another four years.
- Also in the months leading up to the event, he showed no indication that he was up to something as cataclysmic as the bloody coup.
- The 13 were sentenced to death for leading a bloody coup in 1983 in which the Bishop and four of his Cabinet members were killed.
- That a film can be made about him speaks to how far this country has come in the 25 years since his bloody tyranny.
- The government is a thinly disguised dictatorship, which came to power through a bloody military coup in 1997.
- Allende was overthrown in a bloody coup led by General Pinochet on 11 September 1973.
- Not since the bloody coup attempts against president Corazon Aquino in 1987 and 1989 have soldiers been so visible in the capital.
- We are bound together in this bloody conflict where the body counts have to break double digits to really get our attention anymore.
- Ever since its inception, the country has known little but bloody coups and brutal dictators.
- More emotive tags: military coups, a bloody war of secession and ethnic cleansing.
- Most of these groups squandered popular support in a bloody coup that ousted President Zviad Gamsakhurdia in early 1992.
- A group of current and former Army officers launched a bloody but unsuccessful coup attempt on June 8, 2003.
- Although it had once been a prosperous nation, it began to spiral downward after Samuel Doe's bloody coup in 1980.
Synonyms involving bloodshed, gory, bloodthirsty vicious, cruel, ferocious, savage, fierce, brutal, murderous archaic sanguinary
verbbloodies, bloodied, bloodying ˈblʌdiˈblədi [with object]Cover or stain with blood. 沾上血的，血污的；流血的 he ended the fight with his face bloodied and battered Example sentencesExamples - Cure takes these ideas and adds the innocence of a child-like amnesiac behind them, an amnesiac who walks through a trail of death without ever bloodying his own hands.
- Scottish badminton reached a not unexpected low ebb as injury took effect and a primarily new and young team was bloodied.
- Between 300 and 400 soldiers, border police and civilian police got into running fistfights with the protesting settlers, bloodying some of them.
- If you've survived your opposite number bloodying your nose; gouging your eye; chewing your ear or just smacking you in the face, what some bloke with a laptop thinks about you is hardly going to raise your blood pressure.
- We've bloodied noses and bit off ears with the best of them, before even the US was a twinkle in someone's eye.
- Michael reared back and struck the radio dial with an anguished roar, bloodying his knuckles with the punch.
- He screamed down the alley, jumping up and pounding his fists into the wall behind him, bloodying his knuckles.
- Why wouldn't they just rather let him win the judgeship (even after bloodying him up a little) on an up-or-down vote, and get him out of the public eye?
- He gave Tim a quick jab to the face, bloodying his lip.
- After each story, he laughed about the good-natured fun they had shared bloodying each others faces.
- Men duke it out with each other, bloodying each other up, until one taps out.
- Because he is the first critic I have met in my life whose philosophy, transcribed into those essays, bruises and bloodies one.
- Well, I agree with the thesis of what Terry's saying, that we can't keep on bloodying each other up, going until March or April and not have a nominee when it is appearing that we have one strong frontrunner emerging.
- He hit the floor again, this time, bloodying his knuckles from the impact.
- He was famous for going into second base with his spikes high, bloodying middle infielders.
- The violence bloodying our streets was the result.
- Then the miracle play jerks to life. A chop strikes home, straight to the skull, a head is bloodied.
- Some punches were thrown, and at least four Sea Shepherd crew members were bloodied.
- She slapped him on his wounded cheek, bloodying her hand.
- Tim doesn't think he'd be able to take the doctor's expression at that, not without bloodying his knuckles against the man's nose.
Phrasesbloody (or bloodied) but unbowed Proud of what one has achieved despite having suffered great difficulties or losses. 尽管困难重重（或损失巨大），但为自己的成就感到自豪 Example sentencesExamples - And preparations were being made for the New York Stock Exchange to return to trading, in a move charged with symbolism and aimed at showing that America is bloodied but unbowed in the wake of the terror attacks.
- Closer to home, so is my favourite Swede - equally bloody but unbowed.
- Medical marijuana patients say they are bloodied but unbowed by yesterday's Supreme Court ruling that the federal government can continue to override state laws permitting medical cannabis use.
- In the interests of balance, the heavily outnumbered camp are bloodied but unbowed.
- Tonight was the politician's opportunity to play the bloodied but unbowed ideological hero.
- So it seems natural to expect recognition for the two war leaders who emerged bloody but unbowed from these struggles.
- In the meantime, Thompson is bloodied but unbowed.
- Six players in all, they still look regal and sing with their heads held high, as if bloodied but unbowed.
- The primary voice represented in her poems is that of the African American woman whose head is bloodied but unbowed, who is just as tough as the harsh city in which she lives.
- With heads bloodied but unbowed, they have yielded to the superior force and numbers of the enemy… the province has fallen, but the spirit that made it stand, a beacon to all the liberty loving peoples of the world, cannot fail.
- Eventually after twenty four months we emerged - bloody but unbowed!
- We're bloody but unbowed, and we will carry on the fight to meet the needs of our children.
Derivativesadverb ˈblʌdɪliˈblədəli A three-day siege ended bloodily: the apartment was gutted, and its seven occupants, alleged perpetrators of a murderous attack on a government agency in December, were all killed. Example sentencesExamples - The Russian hostage situation has been resolved bloodily, but the number of casualties is unknown so far.
- I have no idea about Greek inflectional endings, but the English translation has one fairly obvious meaning: ‘You too will die bloodily because of this deed.’
- Marlowe may have been of this world, but he was also in it: emotionally, viscerally and - more so for him than for other men - bloodily.
- The unsupported troops who had achieved the break in the Union gun line were mostly killed or captured, and the attack decisively and bloodily repulsed.
noun ˈblʌdɪnəsˈblədinəs Though by modern standards there is little explicit bloodiness, the stretching of time through editing, and the sheer, ugly physicality of the fighting itself, leaves us with a commanding sense of the inescapable calculus of violence. Example sentencesExamples - The relentless violence and excessive bloodiness have been widely commented on.
- With the photos visible only to the judge and the attorneys, Cohn protests their number and bloodiness and argues that to display them would risk overwhelming the jurors' reason with emotion.
- But because of international pressure for an end to the killing of dolphins and the bloodiness of their hunting method, fishermen here have tried to keep out of the public eye.
- The sheer bloodiness of the war and its myriad intimate losses demanded, for the living, some kind of greater meaning.
OriginOld English blōdig (see blood, -y1). Rhymesbuddy, cruddy, cuddy, muddy, nuddy, ruddy, study adjectivebloodier, bloodiestˈblʌdiˈblədi British informal 1attributive Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis. 表示愤怒、吃惊或仅用于加强语气该死的；非常的 you took your bloody time 你太不着急了。 as exclamation bloody Hell!—what was that? 真见鬼！——那是什么？ as submodifier it's bloody cold outside 外面冷得要命。 Example sentencesExamples - Adam and I rendezvoused in the city so we could go and buy a heater, because it's been so bloody cold over the past few weeks in Sydney.
- In comparison to Glasgow, its bloody cold here.
- If I had not been so bloody shocked at her response, I would have scolded her on the spot.
- He's still leaving his bedroom window open when he goes out, despite me and Dave pointing out that it's bloody November, freezing cold and of course, what does Adam do when he and Hazel turn up?
- And I'm bloody glad it annoyed all those people over there.
- I managed £23,000 this week which is a bloody miracle.
- It'd be a bloody miracle if someone else was snapped and I wasn't.
- It's too bloody cold outside, my bed is simply the most lovely and cosy place on Earth, and I don't really feel like going back to work tomorrow.
- It was beautiful, even if it was bitingly cold and bloody slippery on the roads.
- Swingeing cold, bloody wet and with bursts of intermittent mist.
- A beautiful bright and sunny morning - but bloody cold.
- If it got anywhere near the bush it would be a bloody miracle.
- He hadn't seen her appear, it was as if she'd been there all along and he just hadn't noticed, which was simply bloody impossible.
- It was duly turned off and the more serious consequences averted… we still had to wait outside in the cold for the bloody fire brigade to arrive and officially declare the building safe though.
- When suddenly I realised that my car had been broken into… outside my bloody flat!
- Four days earlier I had caught a cold - bloody typical.
- It's bloody cold in this house: must set the heating so it comes on before 5pm, then I wouldn't be sitting here in my coat with freezing cold feet waiting for the room to heat up.
- It was a bloody cold weekend, but the place was warm.
- It's pretty dark, it's bloody cold, there's thick ice that hasn't melted despite being in the sun all day, and this bird decides to try to attract a mate.
- That's a bloody miracle, cause he sure as hell couldn't before.
Synonyms blasted, damn, damned, flaming, precious, confounded, pestilential, rotten, wretched 2dated Unpleasant or perverse. 〈旧〉讨厌的，故意作对的 don't be too bloody to poor Nigel 不要跟可怜的奈杰尔作对了。
OriginMid 17th century: from bloody1. The use of bloody to add emphasis to an expression is of uncertain origin, but is thought to have a connection with the ‘bloods’ (aristocratic rowdies) of the late 17th and early 18th centuries; hence the phrase bloody drunk (= as drunk as a blood) meant ‘very drunk indeed’. After the mid 18th century until quite recently bloody used as a swear word was regarded as unprintable, probably from the mistaken belief that it implied a blasphemous reference to the blood of Christ, or that the word was an alteration of ‘by Our Lady’; hence a widespread caution in using the term even in phrases, such as bloody battle, merely referring to bloodshed. adjectiveˈblədiˈblədē 1Covered, smeared, or running with blood. 沾上血的，血污的；流血的 血淋淋的尸体。 Example sentencesExamples - The bottoms of her feet were bloody and covered in blisters.
- I stumbled forward to cover the bloody slashes on my back.
- Her face was covered in small, bloody cuts; Julius had seen that many times; the cuts were from glass.
- Scotty fell back into his fellow jocks' arms and covered his now bloody nose.
- The youth took his bloody arm and covered his eyes.
- Psyke turned around, amusement covering his bloody face.
- It was then did I really look at him; his body was bloody, so covered with the rouge substance that I could not make head or tail of his face.
- Everyone's clothes were torn, only covered by bloody bandages, and they were incredibly dirty.
- Finally he arrived at the bottom, bloody and covered in cuts, splayed out on the floor as though he were dead.
- Dave tumbled off of the sofa, hand covering a bloody wound.
- Many folks, including parents, may have cringed at the sight of the guy with a bloody nose on the cover of his latest album.
- Sarah slowly stood up, her face covered in bloody scars.
- It surely seemed like the form of a man but it was completely naked, bloody and covered with mud.
- But there was no help in sight as the police threw my jacket around my head to cover the bloody face while pushing it down towards my knees.
- He was covered in bloody stab marks.
- She looked around, only a few men remained, bloody and covered in ash from the burning supply trucks and carriers.
- The bloody blankets that covered them were removed, like the books they never finished.
- He was currently lying on the elevator floor in the fetal position, his hand covering his bloody mass of a nose.
- A bloody lip and blood covered shirt front were also Jerome's.
- Elephants are typically covered in bloody wounds and rope burns when released from the crush after three to six days.
Synonyms bleeding, shedding blood, emitting blood, raw, gaping bloodstained, blood-soaked, blood-spattered, gory - 1.1 Composed of or resembling blood.
含血的；似血的 含血（或似血）的排出物（或分泌物）。 Example sentencesExamples - He found bloody smears where the wounded had crawled or been dragged away.
- There is usually a history of pain, bloody discharge from the ears, and persistent hearing loss.
- Alex couldn't help noticing the large, bloody smear that remained on the wall.
- Nipple discharges are classified as pathologic if they are spontaneous, bloody or associated with a mass.
- He had a swollen right orbit, a laceration over the right elbow, and bloody discharge from both nostrils.
- This may cause bloody discharge from the nipple.
- There may be difficult breathing and a one sided bloody nasal discharge.
- And instead of sore fingers and bloody smears, the only sign of the test area is a small round ‘target’ ring that disappears in a few minutes.
- At eight months George developed a bloody discharge and the eye problem returned, together with a clear mucous discharge from the right ear.
- A nipple discharge that is dark or bloody or that happens without squeezing should be checked by the doctor.
- She was having dry coughing spells at first but then she began having a mucus discharge, which eventually was bloody.
- She had dust and dirt on her clothes, and a bloody smear on her cheek but she was alive.
- Dannah's chin was covered with a bloody foam, as was Russell's.
- What about bloody nipple discharge during pregnancy?
- This is true for patients with bloody discharges and for those with clear or serous discharges.
- He bent down, gathered a handful of straw from the floor and wiped off the bloody smear.
- I froze in shock, saw the bloody fingerprints he left on the glass and wondered what had happened.
- Proestrus is the time when a bloody discharge first appears in a female.
- It is certainly true that the signs of a suspicious discharge are spontaneous, bloody discharge from a single duct often associated with a mass.
- My right hand slipped off his tan pants, leaving a bloody smear.
2Involving or characterized by bloodshed or cruelty. 残酷的，血腥的 血淋淋的尸体。 the bloody tyrannies of Europe 欧洲的血腥暴政。 Example sentencesExamples - The 13 were sentenced to death for leading a bloody coup in 1983 in which the Bishop and four of his Cabinet members were killed.
- It is an argument used by many governments to cover up the bloody nature of war, lest public opinion should turn against them.
- Most of these groups squandered popular support in a bloody coup that ousted President Zviad Gamsakhurdia in early 1992.
- Ever since its inception, the country has known little but bloody coups and brutal dictators.
- Although it had once been a prosperous nation, it began to spiral downward after Samuel Doe's bloody coup in 1980.
- To topple the government of my country in a bloody coup.
- A group of current and former Army officers launched a bloody but unsuccessful coup attempt on June 8, 2003.
- Someone with an ounce of sense may even get elected, and then we can stave off the bloody coup for another four years.
- The government had for days promised an all-out offensive against the rebels who seized half the country after a bloody coup attempt on September 19.
- From bloody coups to tribal and religious strife, that country hardly enjoys more than a few months without bloodletting and political convulsions.
- Chilly formality at the top covered bloody conflict in areas contested by the armies of the two parties, as the one sought to continue its expansion, the other to halt it.
- That a film can be made about him speaks to how far this country has come in the 25 years since his bloody tyranny.
- We are bound together in this bloody conflict where the body counts have to break double digits to really get our attention anymore.
- Not since the bloody coup attempts against president Corazon Aquino in 1987 and 1989 have soldiers been so visible in the capital.
- And almost two decades later, he launched a failed and bloody coup to oust the dictator from power.
- Also in the months leading up to the event, he showed no indication that he was up to something as cataclysmic as the bloody coup.
- More emotive tags: military coups, a bloody war of secession and ethnic cleansing.
- Allende was overthrown in a bloody coup led by General Pinochet on 11 September 1973.
- In the eyes of many people the Soviet troops brought about the end of one bloody tyranny, a Nazi one, and the start of another, a Stalinist one.
- The government is a thinly disguised dictatorship, which came to power through a bloody military coup in 1997.
Synonyms involving bloodshed, gory, bloodthirsty
verbˈblədiˈblədē [with object]Cover or stain with blood. 沾上血的，血污的；流血的 he ended the fight with his face bloodied and battered figurative she has been bloodied in her three years on the commission Example sentencesExamples - If you've survived your opposite number bloodying your nose; gouging your eye; chewing your ear or just smacking you in the face, what some bloke with a laptop thinks about you is hardly going to raise your blood pressure.
- Well, I agree with the thesis of what Terry's saying, that we can't keep on bloodying each other up, going until March or April and not have a nominee when it is appearing that we have one strong frontrunner emerging.
- Between 300 and 400 soldiers, border police and civilian police got into running fistfights with the protesting settlers, bloodying some of them.
- He screamed down the alley, jumping up and pounding his fists into the wall behind him, bloodying his knuckles.
- Because he is the first critic I have met in my life whose philosophy, transcribed into those essays, bruises and bloodies one.
- Michael reared back and struck the radio dial with an anguished roar, bloodying his knuckles with the punch.
- Why wouldn't they just rather let him win the judgeship (even after bloodying him up a little) on an up-or-down vote, and get him out of the public eye?
- Men duke it out with each other, bloodying each other up, until one taps out.
- She slapped him on his wounded cheek, bloodying her hand.
- He hit the floor again, this time, bloodying his knuckles from the impact.
- After each story, he laughed about the good-natured fun they had shared bloodying each others faces.
- Scottish badminton reached a not unexpected low ebb as injury took effect and a primarily new and young team was bloodied.
- The violence bloodying our streets was the result.
- Some punches were thrown, and at least four Sea Shepherd crew members were bloodied.
- Then the miracle play jerks to life. A chop strikes home, straight to the skull, a head is bloodied.
- He gave Tim a quick jab to the face, bloodying his lip.
- Cure takes these ideas and adds the innocence of a child-like amnesiac behind them, an amnesiac who walks through a trail of death without ever bloodying his own hands.
- We've bloodied noses and bit off ears with the best of them, before even the US was a twinkle in someone's eye.
- Tim doesn't think he'd be able to take the doctor's expression at that, not without bloodying his knuckles against the man's nose.
- He was famous for going into second base with his spikes high, bloodying middle infielders.
Phrasesbloody (or bloodied) but unbowed Proud of what one has achieved despite having suffered great difficulties or losses. 尽管困难重重（或损失巨大），但为自己的成就感到自豪 Example sentencesExamples - Six players in all, they still look regal and sing with their heads held high, as if bloodied but unbowed.
- With heads bloodied but unbowed, they have yielded to the superior force and numbers of the enemy… the province has fallen, but the spirit that made it stand, a beacon to all the liberty loving peoples of the world, cannot fail.
- The primary voice represented in her poems is that of the African American woman whose head is bloodied but unbowed, who is just as tough as the harsh city in which she lives.
- Tonight was the politician's opportunity to play the bloodied but unbowed ideological hero.
- So it seems natural to expect recognition for the two war leaders who emerged bloody but unbowed from these struggles.
- Eventually after twenty four months we emerged - bloody but unbowed!
- Closer to home, so is my favourite Swede - equally bloody but unbowed.
- In the meantime, Thompson is bloodied but unbowed.
- In the interests of balance, the heavily outnumbered camp are bloodied but unbowed.
- Medical marijuana patients say they are bloodied but unbowed by yesterday's Supreme Court ruling that the federal government can continue to override state laws permitting medical cannabis use.
- We're bloody but unbowed, and we will carry on the fight to meet the needs of our children.
- And preparations were being made for the New York Stock Exchange to return to trading, in a move charged with symbolism and aimed at showing that America is bloodied but unbowed in the wake of the terror attacks.
OriginOld English blōdig (see blood, -y). adjectiveˈblədiˈblədē British informal 1attributive Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis. 表示愤怒、吃惊或仅用于加强语气该死的；非常的 你太不着急了。 as exclamation bloody Hell!—what was that? 真见鬼！——那是什么？ as submodifier it's bloody cold outside 外面冷得要命。 Example sentencesExamples - A beautiful bright and sunny morning - but bloody cold.
- I managed £23,000 this week which is a bloody miracle.
- Four days earlier I had caught a cold - bloody typical.
- In comparison to Glasgow, its bloody cold here.
- It was a bloody cold weekend, but the place was warm.
- He hadn't seen her appear, it was as if she'd been there all along and he just hadn't noticed, which was simply bloody impossible.
- When suddenly I realised that my car had been broken into… outside my bloody flat!
- Swingeing cold, bloody wet and with bursts of intermittent mist.
- If I had not been so bloody shocked at her response, I would have scolded her on the spot.
- It'd be a bloody miracle if someone else was snapped and I wasn't.
- It's bloody cold in this house: must set the heating so it comes on before 5pm, then I wouldn't be sitting here in my coat with freezing cold feet waiting for the room to heat up.
- It was duly turned off and the more serious consequences averted… we still had to wait outside in the cold for the bloody fire brigade to arrive and officially declare the building safe though.
- If it got anywhere near the bush it would be a bloody miracle.
- He's still leaving his bedroom window open when he goes out, despite me and Dave pointing out that it's bloody November, freezing cold and of course, what does Adam do when he and Hazel turn up?
- It's pretty dark, it's bloody cold, there's thick ice that hasn't melted despite being in the sun all day, and this bird decides to try to attract a mate.
- And I'm bloody glad it annoyed all those people over there.
- That's a bloody miracle, cause he sure as hell couldn't before.
- It's too bloody cold outside, my bed is simply the most lovely and cosy place on Earth, and I don't really feel like going back to work tomorrow.
- It was beautiful, even if it was bitingly cold and bloody slippery on the roads.
- Adam and I rendezvoused in the city so we could go and buy a heater, because it's been so bloody cold over the past few weeks in Sydney.
Synonyms blasted, damn, damned, flaming, precious, confounded, pestilential, rotten, wretched 2dated Unpleasant or perverse. 〈旧〉讨厌的，故意作对的 don't be too bloody to poor Jack 不要跟可怜的奈杰尔作对了。
OriginMid 17th century: from bloody. The use of bloody to add emphasis to an expression is of uncertain origin, but is thought to have a connection with the ‘bloods’ (aristocratic rowdies) of the late 17th and early 18th centuries; hence the phrase bloody drunk (= as drunk as a blood) meant ‘very drunk indeed’. After the mid 18th century until quite recently bloody used as a swear word was regarded as unprintable, probably from the mistaken belief that it implied a blasphemous reference to the blood of Christ, or that the word was an alteration of ‘by Our Lady’; hence a widespread caution in using the term even in phrases, such as bloody battle, merely referring to bloodshed. |