hemorrhage
Definitions
A heavy, often uncontrolled flow of blood from the vessels.
（大量、常难以控制的）出血，大出血。
To bleed heavily; (figuratively) to lose something valuable rapidly and continuously.
大量出血；（比喻）迅速而持续地流失（宝贵的东西）。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedhemo (blood) + -rrhage (a bursting forth, from Greek rhēgnynai 'to break') = blood breaking out. Unlike a small cut, a hemorrhage is blood rupturing from its vessels — fast, heavy, dangerous. Figuratively, a company can 'hemorrhage money' or 'hemorrhage users': value bursting out and draining away.
Root em still carries 4 more wordsUsage Guide
Note the tricky spelling: two r's in -rrhage, silent in feel. Medical contexts use it literally (brain/internal hemorrhage); business and journalism use it figuratively (hemorrhage cash, hemorrhage talent).
Example Sentences
- 1.
Surgeons worked quickly to stop the internal hemorrhage.
- 2.
A brain hemorrhage left him in critical condition.
- 3.
The startup was hemorrhaging cash months before it folded.