clot• Some types of snakevenomprevent blood from clotting.• Ireland had became a wound that would not clot.• To obtainserum, we permit the blood to clot and then separate the clot from the residual serum.• Blood had clotted on the cuts on his back and on his arms.• The stag's eyes were rolled back and its nostrils were clotted with blood.
clot2 noun [countableC]
1THICK LIQUIDa thick almost solid mass formed when blood or milk dries 〔血液、牛奶等的〕凝块
He developed a blood clot on his brain and died.
他脑部出现血凝块,之后死亡。
2.STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEBritish EnglishBrE informal a stupid person 笨蛋,呆子
Examples from the Corpus
clot• Blood fills the space and clots, capillariesgrow into the clot and form granulation tissue.• Neurosurgeons have successfully moved a blood clot from her brain and are keeping a closewatch on her.• These are more clotspecific than streptokinase.• To obtain serum, we permit the blood to clot and then separate the clot from the residual serum.• Some were hanging on the brambles and a few flat, wetclots were lying well out in open groundbeyond the clump.