bilious
/ˈbɪljəs/adjective
1- affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting呕吐的, 作呕的:
having eaten something which disagreed with me, I was a little bilious
吃了不合我胃口的东西, 我有点作呕
a bilious attack.
一阵呕吐。
1.1
- (of a colour) lurid or sickly(颜色)令人厌恶的, 令人作呕的:
a bilious olive hue.
令人厌恶的橄榄色。
1.2
- figurative spiteful; bad-tempered〈喻〉脾气乖戾的, 暴躁的:
outbursts of bilious misogyny.
乖戾的厌女症的突然发作。
1.3
- Physiology of or relating to bile【生理】胆汁质的。
派生词
biliously
adverbbiliousness
noun词源
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'biliary'): from Latin biliosus, from bilis 'bile'.