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.
A raised, often purple mark on the skin caused by a blow from a whip or rod; a welt.
- 1.
Boon, benefit.
恩惠,利益。
- 2.
A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.
鞭打等引起的凸起条状伤痕,通常呈紫色；鞭痕。
- 3.
Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).
特指社区、国家等的整体幸福(常带限定词)。
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
In use
The edge of the table left a long weal on his thigh.
She cleaned the weal carefully before putting a bandage over it.
Two red weals crossed his shoulder where the branch had struck him.
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。
Weals appeared on her arm after she touched the nettles.
她碰到荨麻后胳膊上出现了鞭痕状的肿起。
be covered with weals
用被动结构描述布满鞭痕的状态。
Connections
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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- weal and woe
- 福与祸；顺境和逆境They have stayed together through weal and woe for more than forty years.四十多年来，他们同甘共苦，始终在一起。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
谐音联想 weal ≈ we'll：'we'll all be well'，大家都会好，就是 weal（福祉）。
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。
Grammar Note
常与on或from连用，on表示位置，from表示原因
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。
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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