clot

clot
noun
  1. 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。
  2. (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)
  1. 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
  1. Old English clott, clot, of Germanic origin; related to German Klotz
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