Devilish
['dev(ə)lɪʃ] or ['dɛvəlɪʃ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; 'devilish schemes'; 'the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen'; 'the diabolical expression on his face'; 'a mephistophelian glint in his eye' .
(adj.) playful in an appealingly bold way; 'a roguish grin' .
安德烈整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.
(a.) Extreme; excessive.
手打:诺娜
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Diabolical, satanic, infernal, atrocious, impious, wicked.
整理:佩吉
同義詞及反義詞：
[See ANGELIC]
校對:奥利弗
例句/造句/用法:
- She's devilish like Miss Cutler that I used to meet at Dumdum, only fairer. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Devilish cold,' he added pettishly, 'standing at that door, wasting one's time with such seedy vagabonds! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Devilish true, and very well put, cried a voice at the entrance of the boat-house. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- In her soul she's a devilish unbeliever, common as dirt. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- This is devilish good! 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- And don't,' said Fledgeby, 'don't, I entreat you as a favour, Mr Riah, be so devilish meek, for I know what'll follow if you are. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Because when Tom Gradgrind, with his new lights, tells me that what I say is unreasonable, I am convinced at once it must be devilish sensible. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Devilish good, ain't it, Lammle? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- This is devilish good of you. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- It's devilish odd that he need go and die at MY place! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- You're a devilish amiable-looking fellow, Copperfield. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Perhaps not,' said Fascination Fledgeby, with great quickness of repartee; 'but I expect it will be devilish warm to-morrow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Devilish free, now I've signed those papers, cuss him! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- What prompted you to the devilish invention? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Don't you bring me any more of your devilish things! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- He stared back at her, devilish and unchanging. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Casaubon has devilish good reasons, you may be sure, for turning the cold shoulder on a young fellow whose bringing-up he paid for. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- You may think his morals devilish, but you cannot accuse him of quoting scripture. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Devilish good--devilish good,' said the Seidlitz-powder man. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Devilish fine gal at Dutton's. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Devilish high society,' he said, warming his legs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Why, Watson, let us put their own devilish trade-mark upon them. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- It's Devilish still. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- He said it was no derogation from a man's dignity to confess that I was a devilish good fellow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The Sergeant, with his devilish cunning, took on not to have noticed them at all. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- And a devilish deal better than too much, said Mr. Hawley, whose bad language was notorious in that part of the county. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- That devilish Professor you were always writing about. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Loerke turned to Gerald, a devilish leer on his bright-skinned face. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Self-willed--devilish self-willed sometimes--I grant; but the finest creature, nevertheless, that ever walked the ways of this lower world. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Mutton's mutton, said the Baronet, and a devilish good thing. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
校對:奥利弗