Word · Frequency #23910
weals
（鞭打或棍击后皮肤上的）条痕；红肿的伤痕；鞭痕
weals is the plural of weal.
核心释义
A raised, often purple mark on the skin caused by a blow from a whip or rod; a welt.
- 1.
恩惠,利益。
Boon, benefit.
- 2.
鞭打等引起的凸起条状伤痕,通常呈紫色；鞭痕。
A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.
- 3.
特指社区、国家等的整体幸福(常带限定词)。
Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).
福祉；幸福；福利；公益；恩惠,利益。；鞭打等引起的凸起条状伤痕,通常呈紫色；鞭痕。；特指社区、国家等的整体幸福(常带限定词)。；福利
用法In use
The edge of the table left a long weal on his thigh.
用法提示：weal 在此为可数名词，指皮肤受碰击后隆起的条痕。
She cleaned the weal carefully before putting a bandage over it.
用法提示：weal 作名词宾语，表示红肿的条痕。
Two red weals crossed his shoulder where the branch had struck him.
用法提示：weals 是 weal 的复数形式，指多条皮肤肿痕。
a weal on sth
用介词 on 表示部位。
There was a red weal on his back from the whip.
他的背上有一道鞭子抽出的红色鞭痕。
weals appear on sth
动词用 appear，表示鞭痕出现。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- common weal
- 公共福利；公益
- Citizens should work for the common weal.公民应当为公共福利而努力。
- weal and woe
- 福祸；甘苦
- They stayed together through weal and woe.他们同甘共苦，始终在一起。
- raised weal
- 隆起的鞭痕；红肿条痕
- A raised weal formed on his shoulder after the lash.挨了一鞭后，他肩膀上隆起一道红肿的条痕。
- red weal
- 红色鞭痕；红色条痕
- The strap left a red weal across her palm.皮带的抽打在她手掌上留下了一道红色条痕。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
谐音联想 weal ≈ we'll：'we'll all be well'，大家都会好，就是 weal（福祉）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal/literary writing、medical descriptions weal 的语域随义项变化：表示“福祉、幸福”时多用于正式或文学文本，常出现在 common weal 等搭配中；表示“鞭痕、条痕”时多见于医学或书面描述。使用时需根据上下文判断义项。
语法说明Grammar Note
常与on或from连用，on表示位置，from表示原因
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
weal 读 /wiːl/。与它同韵的常见词有 wheel、deal、meal、seal（读 /iːl/），其中 wheel 与 weal 同音但拼写不同。拼写相近但发音不同的有 well /wɛl/ 和 wealth /wɛlθ/，注意不要混淆。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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