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clot

noun
🔊/klɒt/
🔊/klɑːt/
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  1. (also blood clot)
     a thick, almost solid mass that is formed when blood dries or becomes thicker
    • They removed a clot from his brain.他们从他的大脑里取出了一个血块。🔊🔊
    • patients who have a tendency to form clots more readily易形成血栓的患者
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • blood
    verb + clot
    • dissolve
    • remove
    • prevent
    • …
    clot + verb
    • form
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  2. (old-fashioned, British English, informal) a stupid person蠢人；笨蛋；傻瓜
    3. Word OriginOld English clott, clot, of Germanic origin; related to German Klotz.

clot

verb
🔊/klɒt/
🔊/klɑːt/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they clot
🔊/klɒt/
🔊/klɑːt/
he / she / it clots
🔊/klɒts/
🔊/klɑːts/
past simple clotted
🔊/ˈklɒtɪd/
🔊/ˈklɑːtɪd/
past participle clotted
🔊/ˈklɒtɪd/
🔊/ˈklɑːtɪd/
-ing form clotting
🔊/ˈklɒtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈklɑːtɪŋ/
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  1. clot (something) when blood or cream clots or when something clots it, it forms thick, almost solid masses or clots（使血或乳脂）凝结成块
    • a drug that stops blood from clotting during operations手术时防止血液凝结成块的药物
    • the blood clotting agent, Factor 8凝血因子 VIII
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    Word OriginOld English clott, clot, of Germanic origin; related to German Klotz.