Devil
['dev(ə)l] or ['dɛvl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a word used in exclamations of confusion; 'what the devil'; 'the deuce with it'; 'the dickens you say'.
(noun.) an evil supernatural being.
(verb.) coat or stuff with a spicy paste; 'devilled eggs'.
手打:玛里琳--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.
(n.) An evil spirit; a demon.
(n.) A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.
(n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.
(n.) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
(n.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
(v. t.) To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
(v. t.) To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
錄入:雷内
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Satan, Lucifer, Belial, Apollyon, arch-fiend, arch-enemy, the tempter. Deuce, the evil one, the man of sin, the wicked one, the old serpent, the prince of darkness, the foul fiend, the Enemy, the Adversary.[2]. Demon, evil spirit.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Satan, lucifer, fiend, archfiend, foul_fiend, demon
ANT:Archangel, angel, seraph, cherub
手打:柴门霍夫
解釋/意思:
n. the supreme spirit of evil Satan: any evil spirit: a false god: a very wicked person: a fellow as in 'Poor devil:' an expletive in 'What the devil ' &c.—ns. Dev′ildom; Dev′iless; Dev′ilet; Dev′il-fish a name for the fishing-frog or angler for the giant-ray of the United States and for other large and ugly fishes; Dev′il-in-the-bush a garden flower also called Love-in-a-mist.—adj. Dev′ilish fiendish malignant.—adv. (coll.) very: exceedingly.—adv. Dev′ilishly.—ns. Dev′ilism; Dev′ilkin.—adj. Dev′il-may-care reckless audacious.—ns. Dev′ilment; Dev′il-on-the-neck an old instrument of torture; Dev′ilry; Dev′ilship; Dev′iltry; Dev′il-wor′ship the worship of the devil or of devils; Dev′il-wor′shipper.—Devil a bit not at all; Devil of a mess a very bad mess.—Devil's advocate a name given to the Promoter of the Faith an advocate at the papal court whose duty it is to propose all reasonable objections against a person's claims to canonisation; Devil's bit a popular name for scabious; Devil's books playing-cards; Devil's coach-horse a large dark-coloured beetle; Devil's dozen thirteen (like baker's dozen); Devil's dung a popular name for asafœtida; Devil's dust shoddy made by a machine called the devil; Devil's own a name given to the 88th Regiment in the Peninsular war as also to the Inns of Court volunteers; Devil's snuff-box the puff-ball a kind of fungus; Devil's tattoo (see Tattoo); Devil to pay serious trouble ahead—said to be from the difficulty of paying or caulking an awkward and inaccessible seam in a ship.—Cartesian devil (see Cartesian); Printer's devil the youngest apprentice in a printing-office: a printer's errand-boy; Tasmanian devil the ursine dasyure a Tasmanian carnivore.—Play the devil with to bring to utter ruin.
v.t. (cook.) to season highly and broil.—v.i. to perform another man's drudgery (esp. to devil for a barrister).
整理:温弗雷德
娱乐性解釋/意思：
For farmers to dream of the devil, denotes blasted crops and death among stock, also family sickness. Sporting people should heed this dream as a warning to be careful of their affairs, as they are likely to venture beyond the laws of their State. For a preacher, this dream is undeniable proof that he is over-zealous, and should forebear worshiping God by tongue-lashing his neighbor. To dream of the devil as being a large, imposingly dressed person, wearing many sparkling jewels on his body and hands, trying to persuade you to enter his abode, warns you that unscrupulous persons are seeking your ruin by the most ingenious flattery. Young and innocent women, should seek the stronghold of friends after this dream, and avoid strange attentions, especially from married men. Women of low character, are likely to be robbed of jewels and money by seeming strangers. Beware of associating with the devil, even in dreams. He is always the forerunner of despair. If you dream of being pursued by his majesty, you will fall into snares set for you by enemies in the guise of friends. To a lover, this denotes that he will be won away from his allegiance by a wanton.
編輯:威尔玛
娱乐性解釋/意思：
An old rascal mentioned in the Bible, now reported engaged to Mary McLane.
校對:鲁本
例句/造句/用法:
- We should be rich men if we had 1000 pounds for every poor devil who has been done to death in that den. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your throat! 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Talk of the devil, said Alvanly, as Julia and Sophia entered the room. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I vowed to myself I would see them all to the devil. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Bring out some of the gold you sold yourself to the devil for. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Poor devil, he's expelled the house! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- For this seems to me nothing but the resuscitation of the devil: when things go wrong it is somebody else's fault. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Cold and glittering devils! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Before I knew it the air was black with fliers, and a hundred of these First Born devils were leaping to the ground all about me. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Many rich people, whom we poor devils are in the habit of envying, lead contentedly an existence like that above described. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Devils gathered their legions in his sight; their dim, discrowned, and tarnished armies passed rank and file before him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The miserable poor devils knew all about his affairs. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- As I reached their side a glance showed me that all but a very few eggs had hatched, the incubator being fairly alive with the hideous little devils. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- If I had the little devils! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Some devilled kidneys and a herring--let's say. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- In general, he was particular and dainty enough, and knew well each shade of flavour in his food, but now the devilled chicken tasted like sawdust. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
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