Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #3399
wound
伤口；创伤
an injury to the body, especially one involving a cut or break in the skin
- 1.
An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
身体(通常外部)的伤口,如割伤、刺伤或撕裂伤。
- 2.
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
对活体组织的损伤(尤指割伤或皮肤破损)
- 3.
A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
对感情、名誉或前途的伤害。
- 4.
a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
因战斗造成的军事人员伤亡
- 5.
An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
皮肤被割开或完整性被破坏的伤害。
- 6.
a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); ; ; --Robert Frost
对情感或自尊的比喻性伤害
伤害；创伤（感情/自尊）；战斗伤亡；伤员；身体(通常外部)的伤口,如割伤、刺伤或撕裂伤。；对活体组织的损伤(尤指割伤或皮肤破损)；对感情、名誉或前途的伤害。
In use
The nurse cleaned the wound on his arm before applying a bandage.
A deep wound on her knee took several weeks to heal.
The doctor said the wound was not serious and would heal quickly.
he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound
deep in her breast lives the silent wound
The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it
a wound on/in [body part]
表示伤口所在部位时，常用介词 on 或 in。
He had a deep wound on his arm.
他手臂上有一道很深的伤口。
Connections
Collocations
- deep wound
- 深的伤口；深深的创伤
- The knife left a deep wound in his arm.那把刀在他胳膊上留下了一道很深的伤口。
- open wound
- 开放性伤口；裸露的伤口
- Keep the open wound clean to avoid infection.保持开放性伤口清洁，以免感染。
- stab wound
- 刺伤；刀刺伤口
- He was treated for a stab wound to the chest.他因胸部刺伤接受了治疗。
- flesh wound
- 皮肉伤；轻伤
- Fortunately, it was only a flesh wound.幸运的是，那只是皮肉伤。
- emotional wound
- 情感创伤；感情伤害
- Time helped heal the emotional wound left by the breakup.时间帮助抚平了分手留下的情感创伤。
- wound healing
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想发音‘乌恩的’：受伤时疼得发出‘呜’声，身体上留下深深的wound（伤口）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：医疗或日常描述身体受伤、比喻情感或自尊受到伤害、军事战斗伤亡报道 该词为中性词，通常用于医疗、日常受伤或比喻性情感伤害等场景；在军事语境中指战斗伤亡。正式或随意场合均可使用，但具体含义需结合上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 wound（名词，/wuːnd/）押韵的是 swooned、crooned、spooned、pruned，它们的重读元音及后续辅音同为 /uːnd/。注意：wound 的 -ound 在这里读 /uː/，所以 sound、found 等形近词读作 /saʊnd/、/faʊnd/，并不押韵；只有拼作 wound 的 wind 过去式读 /waʊnd/ 时才与 sound、found 同韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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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