单词 | gall |
释义 | gallWord family noungall bladdergallsicknessgallstonegallategallflygallnutgalladjectivegallingadverbgallingly Illness & disabilitygall1 /ɡɔːl $ ɡɒːl/ noun 1 have the gall to do something RUDE/IMPOLITEto do something rude and unreasonable that most people would be too embarrassed to do 厚颜无耻地做某事 He even had the gall to blame Lucy for it. 这件事他居然有脸责怪露西。 2. [uncountableU] old-fashionedANGRY anger and hate that will not go away 〔难以消除的〕愤恨,怨恨 SYN resentment 3. [uncountableU] old-fashionedHBH bile 胆汁 4. [countableC]HBP a swelling on a tree or plant caused by damage from insects or infection 〔树等植物上的〕瘿瘤,虫瘿 5. [countableC]HBAMI a painful place on an animal’s skin, caused by something rubbing against it 〔动物皮肤上的〕擦伤,擦伤处 gall2 verb [transitiveT] ANGRYto make someone feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair 〔因某事不公正而〕使恼怒,激怒 → galling It really galled him to see Anita doing so well now. 看到安妮塔现在干得那么好,他心里实在恼火。 Examples from the Corpus gall• It galled him to have to sit impotently in silence; worse still, that it had been witnessed.• One grain of trouble would gall the clergy and the councillors like a pin under a saddle. 1. Old English gealla 2. (1300-1400) Old French Latin galla 3. Old English gealla, from Latin galla |
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