bilious
英 ['bɪlɪəs]
美 ['bɪlɪəs]
英語の語源
- bilious (adj.)
- 1540s, "pertaining to bile, biliary," from French bilieux, from Latin biliosus "pertaining to bile," from bilis (see bile). Meaning "wrathful, peevish, ill-tempered" (as people afflicted with an excess of bile were believed to be) is attested from 1560s. This is the main modern sense in English and French; the more literal meaning being taken up by biliary. Related: Biliousness.
例文
- 1. She is suffering a bilious attack.
- 彼女は吐き気と頭痛を感じた。
- 2.a bilious green dress
- ひときわ緑のワンピース
- 3.He was a bilious old gentleman.
- 彼はひねくれた老人だ。
- 4.His speech was a bilious ，rancorous attack on young people.
- 彼の話は若者に敵意を抱く狂暴な攻撃だ。
- 5.I feel a little bilious after last night 's dinner.
- 私は昨日夕食を食べた後、少し気分が悪くなった。
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