gall
英 [gɔːl]
美 [ɡɔl]
n. 膽汁；五倍子；怨恨；苦味
vt. 煩惱；屈辱；磨傷
vi. 被磨傷
n. (Gall)人名；(英)高爾；(法、德、俄、意、羅、捷、塞)加爾
中文詞源：
gall 苦膽，惱怒
來自PIE*ghel, 發光，照耀，詞源同yellow, gold, chlorine. 因膽呈黃綠色而得名。引申義惱怒。
例句：
1. Then they had the gall to complain!
2. He was ill of gall stone.
他患膽結石.
3. A honey tongue, a heart of gall.
口蜜腹劍.
4. If you have tasted the bitterness of gall , you know better the sweetness of honey.
吃過黃連苦, 更知蜜糖甜.
5. She had the gall to suggest that I might supply her with information about what Steve was doing.
她竟然厚顏無恥地說或許我可以向她透露一些史蒂夫正在做的事。
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