haemorrhage

haemorrhage
[ˈhɛmərɪdʒ]
( hemorrhage)
noun
  1. an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, especially when profuse
    出血(尤指大出血)
    ■a damaging loss of valuable people or resources suffered by an organization, group, or state
    (人才、资源的)大量流失;大损失
    a haemorrhage of highly qualified teachers.
    优秀教师的流失。
verb
  1. [no obj.](of a person) suffer a haemorrhage
    (人)大出血
    he had begun haemorrhaging in the night.
    他在夜里已经开始大出血了。
    ■[with obj.]expend (money) in large amounts in a seemingly uncontrollable manner
    乱花(钱)
语源
  1. late 17th cent. (as a noun): alteration of obsolete haemorrhagy, via Latin from Greek haimorrhagia, from haima 'blood' + the stem of rhēgnunai 'burst'
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