Word · Frequency #19419
bloodless
不流血的；不动干戈的
without bloodshed; not involving killing or violence
- 1.
Lacking blood; ashen, anaemic.
缺乏血液的；苍白的,贫血的。
- 2.
Taking place without loss of blood.
没有流血的。
- 3.
Lacking emotion, passion or vivacity.
缺乏情感、热情或活力的。
无血色的；苍白的；没精神的；无生气的；无活力的；无血的；不出血的；缺乏血液的；苍白的,贫血的。；没有流血的。
In use
The new laser technique makes surgery nearly bloodless, and patients recover faster.
When she heard the news, her face turned bloodless with shock.
The team's bloodless performance disappointed the fans, who expected more passion.
bloodless + [noun]
常修饰政变、革命、交接等名词，表示没有动用暴力或造成流血。
The new leader came to power in a bloodless coup.
新领导人在一场不流血的政变中掌权。
look + bloodless
look 是系动词，后接形容词作表语，表示“看起来显得…”。
Her face looked bloodless in the moonlight.
月光下她的脸色看起来苍白无血色。
find sth + bloodless
此结构表示“认为某事物缺乏活力或生气”，find 后接宾语和形容词补足语。
Connections
Collocations
- bloodless coup
- 不流血的政变
- The army staged a bloodless coup and removed the president from power.军队发动了一场不流血的政变，将总统赶下了台。
- bloodless surgery
- 无输血手术
- Many patients request bloodless surgery because of their religious beliefs.许多病人因宗教信仰要求做无输血手术。
- bloodless face
- 苍白的脸；面无血色
- She turned to us with a bloodless face after hearing the news.听到消息后，她转过脸来，面无血色。
- bloodless performance
- 毫无生气的表演
- The actor gave a bloodless performance that bored the audience.那位演员的表演毫无生气，让观众感到无聊。
- bloodless prose
- 平淡无味的文章；毫无生气的文字
- The novel's bloodless prose failed to move any reader.这部小说平淡无味的文字没能打动任何读者。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象blood（血）加上less（无）：没有血，战斗不流血，脸色也苍白没血色。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：political transitions、military operations、news coverage 这里指“不流血的、不动干戈的”。该用法多出现在新闻报道、历史叙述或正式讨论中，属于中性偏书面；日常口语中如果说到类似意思，也常说 peaceful 或 without violence。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of the -less words rhymes with bloodless: their stressed vowels differ. Flood is a useful lookalike for the 'oo' = /ʌ/ spelling in blood, the base of bloodless, but it is not a rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.