bleed
bleed — 動詞
1. to have blood flowing out of your body, usually because of a cut, a wound, or so
流血
身體因受傷而流出血液
to have blood flowing out of your body, usually because of a cut, a wound, or some kind of injury.
Maya cut her finger on a kitchen knife and started to bleed.
Maya 被廚房的菜刀割到手指，開始流血。
intransitive: subject + bleed
The football player was bleeding heavily from a deep cut above his eye.
那名足球員眼睛上方有一道深的傷口，血流得很厲害。
bleed + from + body part
Press a clean cloth on the wound until it stops bleeding.
用乾淨的布壓住傷口，直到不再流血為止。
Lina's nose began to bleed during the long bus ride.
Lina 在長途巴士上開始流鼻血。
After the dentist pulled the tooth, Carlos's gum bled for several hours.
牙醫拔牙之後，Carlos 的牙齦流血流了好幾個小時。
- hemorrhage
formal/medical; suggests heavy or dangerous blood loss
- ooze
blood comes out slowly, in small amounts
文法句型
bleed from + body part
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person, an animal, or a body part (nose, finger, gum). Often paired with adverbs of degree such as 'heavily', 'badly', or 'a little'.
常見錯誤
2. in earlier centuries, to deliberately drain blood from a sick person, in the mis
放血治病
舊時為治病而放出病人的血
in earlier centuries, to deliberately drain blood from a sick person, in the mistaken belief that this would help them recover from illness.
Doctors in the 1700s often bled fever patients with leeches or sharp blades.
1700 年代的醫師常用水蛭或利刃為發燒的病人放血。
historical use: bleed + patient
George Washington was bled several times by his physicians on the day he died.
George Washington 過世當天被他的醫師放了好幾次血。
passive: be bled by [doctor]
The village barber bled the merchant to treat his terrible headache.
村裡的理髮匠為那位商人放血，想治好他嚴重的頭痛。
In old medical books, you can read recipes for when and how to bleed a child.
在古老的醫書裡，可以讀到何時及如何為孩童放血的做法。
- leech
specifically using leeches to suck out blood
文法句型
bleed + somebody
用法筆記
Almost always used in historical contexts; modern medicine no longer treats illness this way. Frequently appears in passive voice ('was bled by…').
3. to let trapped air or extra liquid escape from inside a pipe, radiator, or brake
排氣；排液
排出管路或設備中積存的空氣或液體
to let trapped air or extra liquid escape from inside a pipe, radiator, or brake system, so that the equipment can work properly again.
Marcus had to bleed the radiators before the cold weather arrived.
Marcus 在寒流來之前必須先把暖氣片裡的空氣排掉。
bleed + closed system (radiator)
The mechanic showed Sarah how to bleed the brakes on her old motorcycle.
技師教 Sarah 怎麼為她那台舊機車的煞車放掉空氣。
bleed + the brakes
If your heater is making strange noises, try bleeding it to remove the air.
如果你的暖氣發出怪聲，可以試著放氣把空氣排出來。
The plumber bled the boiler and the hot water came back within minutes.
水電工幫鍋爐排了氣，幾分鐘後熱水就回來了。
文法句型
bleed + machine/pipe
用法筆記
Object is almost always a closed system that holds liquid or gas: radiator, brake, boiler, pipe, fuel line. Distinguish from sense 1, where the subject is a person and the verb is intransitive.
常見錯誤
4. if a colour, dye, ink, or paint bleeds, it slowly leaks past a sharp edge or bou
顏色暈染
顏料或染料越過邊界而染到他處
if a colour, dye, ink, or paint bleeds, it slowly leaks past a sharp edge or boundary and stains a nearby area that should have stayed clean.
The red ink bled through the thin paper and stained the page below.
紅色的墨水滲透過薄薄的紙，把下一頁也染髒了。
bleed through + surface
Lina's new black socks bled in the wash and turned all her shirts grey.
Lina 的新黑襪在洗衣機裡褪色，把她所有的襯衫都染成灰色。
bleed in + the wash
The watercolour paint bled into the wet sky and softened the line of the trees.
水彩顏料暈染進濕濕的天空，讓樹的線條變得柔和。
Cheap dye often bleeds the first time you wash a new pair of jeans.
便宜的染料在第一次洗新牛仔褲時常常會褪色。
文法句型
bleed into + area
用法筆記
Subject must be a colour, dye, ink, or paint — not a solid object. Common prepositions: 'into', 'through', 'onto'.
5. to keep taking large amounts of money from somebody over a long stretch of time,
榨取金錢
長期不公平地索取大量金錢
to keep taking large amounts of money from somebody over a long stretch of time, usually in a way that feels unfair or harmful.
The landlord has been bleeding the family for rent he is not really owed.
那個房東一直向這家人收他其實不該收的房租，把他們榨乾。
informal: bleed + somebody + for + money
These hidden subscription fees are bleeding millions of customers every month.
這些隱藏的訂閱費每個月都在榨取上百萬名消費者的錢。
subject is often a fee or a company
Marcus felt the lawyer was bleeding him for every penny he had.
Marcus 覺得那位律師把他身上的每一分錢都榨乾了。
Online scams bleed elderly people of their savings little by little.
網路詐騙一點一滴地榨光長者的存款。
文法句型
bleed somebody (for something)
用法筆記
Informal and clearly negative in tone — implies unfairness or exploitation. Usually takes a human or company as object, plus an optional 'for' phrase naming what is taken.