名複: devils
動變: 過去式:deviled 過去式:devilled 過去分詞:deviled 過去分詞:devilled 現在進行時:deviling 現在進行時:devilling
devil
KK:[ˈdɛvḷ] DJ:[ˈdеvl]
n.
- （大寫）魔王；撒旦[the S]
- 魔鬼，惡魔[C]
- 惡棍[C]
- 【口】精力旺盛的人；無所顧忌的人[C]
- 【口】人，傢伙[C]
- 【口】（用來加強語氣）究竟，到底[the S]
- 【口】（用作感歎詞，表示不相信）怎會，才怪[the S]
- 難事[S]
vt.
- 折磨，困擾
- 用香辣調味料燒烤（食品）
片語
Talk/Speak of the devil (and he will appear).
- 說到曹操，曹操就到。
辨析
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
n.
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(usu. the Devil)
(in Christian and Jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. ▸an evil spirit; a demon.
- a very wicked or cruel person. ▸a mischievously clever or self-willed person.
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(the devil)
fighting spirit; wildness:
- (the devil) a thing that is very difficult or awkward to do or deal with.
- informal a person with specified characteristics:
- (the devil) expressing surprise or annoyance in various questions or exclamations.
- an instrument or machine used for tearing or other destructive work.
- informal, dated a junior assistant of a barrister or other professional. See also printer's devil.
v.
(devils, devilling, devilled; US devils, deviling, deviled)
- informal, dated act as a junior assistant for a barrister or other professional.
- N. Amer. harass or worry.
Phrase
- be a devil!
Brit. informal said when encouraging someone to do something that they are hesitating to do. - between the devil and the deep blue sea
caught in a dilemma. - devil-may-care
cheerful and reckless. - the devil's dozen
thirteen. - the devil's in the detail
the details of a matter are its most problematic aspect. - the devil to pay
serious trouble to be dealt with. - like the devil
with great speed or energy. - play the devil with
have a damaging or disruptive effect on. - speak
(or talk)
of the devil
said when a person appears just after being mentioned. [from the superstition that the devil will appear if his name is spoken.]
Etymology
OE dēofol, via late L. from Gk diabolos ‘accuser, slanderer’ (used in the Septuagint to translate Heb. śāṭān ‘Satan’), from diaballein ‘to slander’.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》
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Devil，意思是魔鬼，也可以指：
- 撒但
- 邪靈
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