n.
    
      - (大寫)魔王;撒旦[the S]
 
      - 魔鬼,惡魔[C]
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Her aunt said she was possessed by 
devils.
她姑媽說她被魔鬼迷住了。
 
      - 惡棍[C]
 
      - 【口】精力旺盛的人;無所顧忌的人[C]
 
      - 【口】人,傢伙[C]
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The poor 
devil had another heart attack last night.
那個可憐的人昨晚心臟病又發作了。
 
      - 【口】(用來加強語氣)究竟,到底[the S]
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What the 
devil happened?
究竟發生了什麼事?
 
      - 【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
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Kitty 
deviled her mother for a doll.
基蒂纏著她媽媽要個洋娃娃。
 
      - 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
  
 
  n.
        - 
(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.
 - 
(the devil)
 fighting spirit; wildness:
 he was born with the devil in him.
 - 
(the devil)
 a thing that is very difficult or awkward to do or deal with.
 - informal a person with specified characteristics:
 you lucky devil.
 - 
(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’.