1MIINJURE[intransitiveI, transitiveT] if part of your body bruises, or if you bruise part of your body, it gets hit or hurt and a bruise appears (使)碰伤,擦伤;(使)成瘀伤
2[transitiveT] to affect someone badly and make them feel less confident 打击,挫伤〔某人的自信心〕
bruise somebody’s pride/ego
The incident had bruised his pride.
这件事挫伤了他的自尊心。
3.HBP[intransitiveI, transitiveT] if a piece of fruit bruises, or is bruised, it gets a bruise by being hit, dropped etc (使)〔水果〕碰伤,擦伤
—bruisedadjectiveadj
a badly bruised knee
严重碰伤的膝盖
a bruised ego
受伤的自尊心
Examples from the Corpus
bruise• He was standing just inside the doorway, supportingPiper O'Rourke, who was looking old, tired and bruised.• Keller badly bruised a hip, and came off early in the secondhalf of the match.• Safety Tim McDonald had bruised a left shoulder in the Rams game, which flared up again Sunday.• He had pulled her down, so that she fell heavily on the asphalt, bruising and grazing her legs.• But her whole body, strained and bruised as if he had beaten her, that was the monument to his reality.• Not getting the promotion really bruised his ego.• Payton bruised his hip ten minutes into the game.• Strong safety Tim McDonald bruised his left shoulder, an injury he brought into the game and exacerbated.• He bruised his right shoulder the week before in the win over the Rams.• My skin bruises quite easily.• Mom fell on the ice and bruised the side of her leg.• The models reeling down the catwalks are stickthin, their faces cavernous and bruised, their hair matted.
Originbruise2
Old Englishbrysan“to press so as to break, bruise”, later influenced by Old Frenchbrisier, bruisier“to break”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + BRUISE | BRUISE + VERB | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤black, dark, livid, purple青紫色瘀傷➤nasty, nice, ugly嚴重的/輕微的/難看的瘀傷➤faint, minor, slight輕微的瘀傷◇Minor bruises can be treated at home.輕微的挫傷可以在家進行處理。VERB + BRUISE➤have, sport有瘀傷;有顯眼的瘀傷➤leave留下瘀傷▸➤get, suffer遭受碰傷◇She suffered only minor cuts and bruises.她只是受了點兒輕微的割傷和挫傷。BRUISE + VERB➤appear, form青腫出現/形成◇A bruise had formed below his left eye.他左眼下出現青腫。➤fade, heal青瘀漸褪PHRASES➤cuts and bruises傷口和瘀青bruise
verb
ADVERB | PHRASESADVERB➤badly嚴重碰傷◇His face was badly bruised.他的臉碰傷得相當嚴重。➤easily容易碰傷◇She has delicate skin and bruises easily.她的皮膚嬌嫩,很容易碰傷。PHRASES➤be all bruised全身都是瘀青◇The side of his face was all bruised.他的一邊臉滿是瘀青。➤battered and bruised, bruised and battered遍體鱗傷◇When the assault was over, Jack stood up, battered and bruised.遭遇襲擊後,傑克站起身,傷痕纍纍。