1.blood
Basic Needs
形 名詞無復(fù)數(shù)形式;及物動詞常用被動態(tài)： -ed[-did]
義 Everyday Expressions
◆ n. 血
John’s shirt is stained with blood. 約翰的襯衫上沾有血跡。
take a blood sample 取血樣
◆ n. 血統(tǒng)，家世
He is a French by blood. 他是個有法國血統(tǒng)的人。
◆ n. 怒火;脾氣
Mike committed the murder in cold blood.
Mike一時沖動殺了人。
衍生詞語
◆ bloody 血腥的 英國悝語：該死的，受詛咒的，非常，多
◆ bloodless 冷血的
◆ bleed v. 流血
復(fù)合詞語
◆ blood bank 血庫
◆ blood vessel 血管
◆ blood bath 大屠殺
◆ blood donor 獻(xiàn)血者
◆ blood test 驗血
Linguistic Skill
常見搭配 Useful Phrases◆ 抽血 --- to pump blood
◆ 親兄弟 --- blood brother
◆ 血腥錢 --- blood money
◆ 血型 --- blood type
◆ 冷血/熱血動物 --- cold-blooded / warm-blooded animal
◆ 驗血 --- blood test
◆ 吸血鬼 --- blood sucker
◆ 輸血 --- blood transfusion
◆ 親骨肉 --- one’s own flesh and blood
◆ 獻(xiàn)血 --- to donate blood
◆ 使……極度驚恐 --- to freeze one’s blood
◆ 對……的死負(fù)責(zé) --- to have one’s blood on one’s hands
習(xí)語與俗語 Idioms & Slang
◆ blood runs cold / blood freezes / blood turns to ice --- 心驚膽寒
◆ in sb’s blood --- 生來就有的
◆ blood and iron --- 軍事威力 (德國陴斯麥的鐵血政策)
◆ to sweat blood --- 累死累活地干
Communicating Clearly
生活用語 Street Talks
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A: I’ll never race cars! It’s too risky!
B: No Andy, believe me. Once you’ve tasted blood, you’ll be hooked.
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I sweated blood to put you through college, and you treat me like a stranger. You are cold -blooded!
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The doctor gave me a chest X-ray and took my blood pressure.
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A: Do you know your blood type?
B: Yes, It’s A-positive.
Cultural Focus
電影對白 Transcripts
句型
◆ We could go down and get our blood tests tomorrow. 《畢業(yè)生》
對話
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Ben: Tomorrow then--can we get our blood tests tomorrow morning?
Elaine: Why don’t you just drag me off if you want to marry me so much?《畢業(yè)生》
諺語 Proverbs
◆ It’s the mind that ennobles, not the blood.
使人崇高的是心靈而不是血統(tǒng)。
◆ Blood is thicker than water.
血濃于水;近客不如遠(yuǎn)親。
◆ Blood will have blood.
血債要用血來還;殺人者償命。
名言 Quotations
◆ The true color of life is the color of the body, the color of the covered red, the implicit and not explicit red of the living heart and the pulses. It is the modest color of the unpublished blood.
Alice Meynell (1847-1922), English poet, essayist. Essays,"The True Colour of Life” (1914).