bruised [
bru:zd]
a. 瘀伤的
- She fell and bruised her knee .
她摔倒在地,膝盖上起了紫血块。 - Her bruised knee is still tender.
她受了瘀伤的膝盖仍然一碰就痛。 - A: Why are all the apples bruised?
为什么所有的苹果都是撞烂的?
Bruise \Bruise\ (br[udd]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bruised}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Bruising}.] [OE. brusen, brisen, brosen,
bresen, AS. br?san or fr. OF. bruiser, bruisier, bruser, to
break, shiver, perh. from OHG. brochis[=o]n. Cf. {Break}, v.
t.]
1. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration;
to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to
bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple
by letting it fall.
2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots,
etc.; to crush.
Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs.
--Shak.
Syn: To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse.
bruised \bruised\ adj.
suffering from emotional injury; as, a bruised ego.
Syn: hurt, wounded.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. injured without breaking the skin; as, a cut forehead and
bruised cheek.
Syn: contused, contusioned.
[WordNet 1.5]