a thick mass of coagulated liquid, especially blood, or of material stuck together (尤指血液的)凝块,黏团 a blood clot. 血块。 a flat, wet clot of dead leaves. 一大摊湿枯叶。
(Brit. informal)a foolish or clumsy person (英,非正式)傻子,蠢货 ‘Watch where you're going, you clot!’. “往哪儿走呐,你这蠢货!”。
(clotted, clotting)
form or cause to form into clots (使)凝块,(使)结团 [no obj.]drugs that help blood to clot. 助凝血的药物。 [with obj.]a blood protein known as factor VIII clots blood. 一种称为第八凝血因子的血蛋白能使血液凝结。 ■[with obj.]cover (something) with sticky matter 覆以黏性物质 its nostrils were clotted with blood. 它鼻孔上凝着血。
语源
Old English clott, clot, of Germanic origin; related to German Klotz