Bruise
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 受伤, 擦伤
- [英] adj. 受伤, 擦伤 ( to injure the skin)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
I. verb (bruised; bruising)
- Etymology: Middle English brusen, brisen, from Anglo-French & Old English; Anglo-French bruiser, briser to break, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish bruid he shatters; Old English bry?san to bruise; akin to Old Irish bruid, Latin frustum piece
- Date: 14th century
- transitive verb
- intransitive verb
- 1. to inflict a bruise
- 2. to undergo bruising <her skin bruises easily>
II. noun
- Date: 1541
- 1.
- a. an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin ; contusion
- b. a similar injury to plant tissue
- 2. abrasion, scratch
- 3. an injury especially to the feelings