| 单词 | fiendish |
| 释义 | fiendishWord family adjectivefiendishfiendlikeadverbfiendishlynounfiendishnessfiend fiend·ish /ˈfiːndɪʃ/ adjectiveadj 1 CRUELcruel and unpleasant 凶恶的；残酷的 a particularly fiendish practical joke 残忍的恶作剧 2 INTELLIGENTvery clever in an unpleasant way 刁钻的 a fiendish plan 刁钻的计划 3 DIFFICULTUNPLEASANTextremely difficult or complicated 极其困难[复杂]的 several fiendish exam questions 几道很难的试题 —fiendishly adverbadv —fiendishness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus fiendish• The fiendish complexity of claiming the credits may be putting people off.• a plot of fiendish complexity• Will Robin solve the fiendish crimes?• The whole thing was so oblique, so fiendish in its circumlocutions, that he did not want to accept it.• You want us to endorse some fiendish invention that will be the means of taking human life!• It was somehow medieval and hushed, in the shadow of the pit and its fiendish machinery.• Napalm is among the most fiendish of chemical weapons.• The enemy, supposing we were disabled, set up a fiendish yell of triumph. |
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