bleed
verb uk/bliːd/ us/bliːd/ bled | bled
B1 [ I ]出血，流血
to lose blood
Your arm is bleeding. 你的胳膊在流血。
He was bleeding heavily. 他在大量失血。
[ T ]给…放血治疗
(in the past) to make someone lose blood, as a cure for an illness
[ T ]把…抽干，放掉…中的空气（或液体）
If you bleed a closed system such as a radiator or a brake, you remove air or liquid from it to make it work correctly.
- More examples
- She was found unconscious and bleeding.
- What's the matter with your hand? It's bleeding.
- My nose was bleeding and I plugged it with cotton wool.
- He was bleeding profusely.
- By now his leg had stopped bleeding.
Idiom
bleed someone dryidiom informal 榨干…的钱财
to take a lot of money from someone over a period of time
The West is bleeding poorer countries dry through interest payments on their debts. 西方国家通过收取债务利息正在把穷国榨干。