bleed
/bli:d; blid/ v (pt, pp bled/ bled; blɛd/)
1
(a) [I] lose or emit blood 流血
bleed to death 流血而死.
(b) [I, Ipr] ~ (for sth) (fig 比喻) suffer wounds or die (for a cause, one's country) （为事业、祖国）负伤或牺性
those who bled for the revolution 为革命而献身的人们.
2 [Tn] draw blood from (sb) 给（某人）放血
Doctors used to bleed people when they were ill. 从前医生常常给病人放血.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (for sth) (infml 口) extort (money) from sb 向某人勒索（钱财）
The blackmailers bled him for every penny he had. 勒索者把他的钱榨得一乾二净.
4 [I] (of a plant, tree, etc) lose sap or juice （指花草、树木等）流浆, 流出汁液.
5 (idm 习语) bleed sb white take away all sb's money 榨取某人所有的钱. one's heart bleeds for sb => heart.