blood

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

blood UK US [blʌd] noun uncountable
 
LIQUID

1. <E > the red liquid that is sent around the body by the heart, and carries oxygen and important substances to organs and tissue, and removes waste products
• He lost a lot of blood in the accident.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑The circulatory system and blood
2. give/donate blood
to allow a trained person to take some blood from your body so that it can be stored and is ready to be given to people who have lost a lot of blood during an accident or operation
Thesaurus⁺: ↑The circulatory system and blood
 
• The teacher drew a diagram showing how the blood flows through the heart.
• The appeal for people to donate blood was very successful.
• She lost a lot of blood in the accident.
• The police found traces of blood on his jacket.
• The sight of so much blood made him shudder.
 
FAMILY
3. family relationship by birth rather than marriage
• They are related by blood.
• She has Russian blood (= one or more of her relatives was Russian).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Family relations in general
Idioms: Blood is thicker than water ▪ after somebody's blood ▪ blood and guts ▪ get blood out of a stone ▪ have blood on your hands ▪ in the blood ▪ make your blood boil ▪ make your blood run cold ▪ new blood ▪ somebody's blood is up
 
verb transitive
to give someone their first experience of something
• They decided to blood him in the international team at the age of only 18.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Teaching in general

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, roue