bloody

bloody¹
(bloodier, bloodiest)

(-ies, -ied, bloodied)

常用词组
bloody (或 bloodied) but unbowed

proud of what one has achieved despite having suffered great difficulties or losses
尽管困难重重（或损失巨大），但为自己的成就感到自豪

派生
bloodily
adverb
bloodiness
noun
语源

bloody²
(bloodier, bloodiest)
(informal, chiefly Brit.)(非正式，主英)

[attrib.]used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis
［表示愤怒、吃惊或仅用于加强语气］该死的；非常的
you took your bloody time.
你太不着急了。
[as exclamation]bloody Hell!—what was that?.
真见鬼！——那是什么？。
[as submodifier]it's bloody cold outside.
外面冷得要命。
(dated)unpleasant or perverse
(旧)讨厌的，故意作对的
don't be too bloody to poor Nigel.
不要跟可怜的奈杰尔作对了。

语源

mid 17th cent.: from bloodyThe use of bloody to add emphasis to an expression is of uncertain origin, but is thought to have a connection with the ‘bloods’ (aristocratic rowdies) of the late 17th and early 18th centuries; hence the phrase bloody drunk(= as drunk as a blood) meant ‘very drunk indeed’ . After the mid 18th cent. until quite recently bloody used as a swear word was regarded as unprintable, probably from the mistaken belief that it implied a blasphemous reference to the blood of Christ, or that the word was an alteration of ‘by Our Lady’; hence a widespread caution in using the term even in phrases such as bloody battle merely referring to bloodshed

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