devil 音标拼音: [d'ɛvəl]
n . 魔鬼,恶棍;可怜的家伙
vt . 折磨,嘲弄,激怒
魔鬼,恶棍;可怜的家夥折磨,嘲弄,激怒
Devil n 1 : (
Judeo -
Christian and Islamic religions )
chief spirit of evil and adversary of God ;
tempter of mankind ;
master of Hell [
synonym : {
Satan }, {
Old Nick }, {
Devil }, {
Lucifer },
{
Beelzebub }, {
the Tempter }, {
Prince of Darkness }]
2 :
an evil supernatural being [
synonym : {
devil }, {
fiend }, {
demon },
{
daemon }, {
daimon }]
3 :
a word used in exclamations of confusion ; "
what the devil ";
"
the deuce with it "; "
the dickens you say " [
synonym : {
devil },
{
deuce }, {
dickens }]
4 :
a rowdy or mischievous person (
usually a young man ); "
he chased the young hellions out of his yard " [
synonym : {
hellion },
{
heller }, {
devil }]
5 :
a cruel wicked and inhuman person [
synonym : {
monster }, {
fiend },
{
devil }, {
demon }, {
ogre }]
v 1 :
cause annoyance in ;
disturb ,
especially by minor irritations ; "
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me "; "
It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves " [
synonym : {
annoy }, {
rag }, {
get to }, {
bother }, {
get at }, {
irritate }, {
rile }, {
nark }, {
nettle }, {
gravel }, {
vex },
{
chafe }, {
devil }]
2 :
coat or stuff with a spicy paste ; "
devilled eggs "
Twilly \
Twil "
ly \,
n . [
Cf . {
Willy }.]
A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth ;
a willy or willying machine ; --
called also {
twilly devil },
and {
devil }.
See {
Devil },
n .,
6 ,
and {
Willy }. --
Tomlinson .
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Willow \
Wil "
low \,
n . [
OE .
wilowe ,
wilwe ,
AS .
wilig ,
welig ;
akin to OD .
wilge ,
D .
wilg ,
LG .
wilge .
Cf . {
Willy }.]
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1 . (
Bot .)
Any tree or shrub of the genus {
Salix },
including many species ,
most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow ,
desolation ,
or desertion . "
A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight ." --
Sir W .
Scott .
Hence ,
a lover forsaken by ,
or having lost ,
the person beloved ,
is said to wear the willow .
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And I must wear the willow garland For him that '
s dead or false to me . --
Campbell .
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2 . (
Textile Manuf .)
A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes ; --
probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods ,
though some derive the term from winnow ,
as denoting the winnowing ,
or cleansing ,
action of the machine .
Called also {
willy }, {
twilly }, {
twilly devil },
and {
devil }.
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{
Almond willow }, {
Pussy willow }, {
Weeping willow }. (
Bot .)
See under {
Almond }, {
Pussy },
and {
Weeping }.
{
Willow biter } (
Zool .)
the blue tit . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Willow fly } (
Zool .),
a greenish European stone fly ({
Chloroperla viridis }); --
called also {
yellow Sally }.
{
Willow gall } (
Zool .),
a conical ,
scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({
Cecidomyia strobiloides }).
{
Willow grouse } (
Zool .),
the white ptarmigan .
See {
ptarmigan }.
{
Willow lark } (
Zool .),
the sedge warbler . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Willow ptarmigan } (
Zool .)
(
a )
The European reed bunting ,
or black -
headed bunting .
See under {
Reed }.
(
b )
A sparrow ({
Passer salicicolus })
native of Asia ,
Africa ,
and Southern Europe .
{
Willow tea },
the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai ,
extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea . --
McElrath .
{
Willow thrush } (
Zool .),
a variety of the veery ,
or Wilson '
s thrush .
See {
Veery }.
{
Willow warbler } (
Zool .),
a very small European warbler ({
Phylloscopus trochilus }); --
called also {
bee bird },
{
haybird }, {
golden wren }, {
pettychaps }, {
sweet William },
{
Tom Thumb },
and {
willow wren }.
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devil \
dev "
il \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Deviled }
or {
Devilled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Deviling }
or {
Devilling }.]
1 .
To make like a devil ;
to invest with the character of a devil .
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2 .
To grill with Cayenne pepper ;
to season highly in cooking ,
as with pepper .
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A deviled leg of turkey . --
W .
Irving .
Devil -
diver
Devil \
Dev "
il \,
n . [
AS .
de ['
o ]
fol ,
de ['
o ]
ful ;
akin to G . ?
eufel ,
Goth .
diaba ['
u ]
lus ;
all fr .
L .
diabolus the devil ,
Gr . ?
the devil ,
the slanderer ,
fr . ?
to slander ,
calumniate ,
orig .,
to throw across ; ?
across ?
to throw ,
let fall ,
fall ;
cf .
Skr .
gal to fall .
Cf . {
Diabolic }.]
1 .
The Evil One ;
Satan ,
represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind .
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[
Jesus ]
being forty days tempted of the devil .
--
Luke iv .
2 .
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That old serpent ,
called the Devil ,
and Satan ,
which deceiveth the whole world . --
Rev .
xii .
9 .
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2 .
An evil spirit ;
a demon .
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A dumb man possessed with a devil . --
Matt .
ix .
32 .
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3 .
A very wicked person ;
hence ,
any great evil . "
That devil Glendower ." "
The devil drunkenness ." --
Shak .
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Have not I chosen you twelve ,
and one of you is a devil ? --
John vi .
70 .
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4 .
An expletive of surprise ,
vexation ,
or emphasis ,
or ,
ironically ,
of negation . [
Low ]
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The devil a puritan that he is , . . .
but a timepleaser . --
Shak .
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The things ,
we know ,
are neither rich nor rare ,
But wonder how the devil they got there . --
Pope .
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5 . (
Cookery )
A dish ,
as a bone with the meat ,
broiled and excessively peppered ;
a grill with Cayenne pepper .
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Men and women busy in baking ,
broiling ,
roasting oysters ,
and preparing devils on the gridiron . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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6 . (
Manuf .)
A machine for tearing or cutting rags ,
cotton ,
etc .
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{
Blue devils }.
See under {
Blue }.
{
Cartesian devil }.
See under {
Cartesian }.
{
Devil bird } (
Zool .),
one of two or more South African drongo shrikes ({
Edolius retifer },
and {
Edolius remifer }),
believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery .
{
Devil may care },
reckless ,
defiant of authority ; --
used adjectively . --
Longfellow .
{
Devil '
s apron } (
Bot .),
the large kelp ({
Laminaria saccharina },
and {
Laminaria longicruris })
of the Atlantic ocean ,
having a blackish ,
leathery expansion ,
shaped somewhat like an apron .
{
Devil '
s coachhorse }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The black rove beetle ({
Ocypus olens }). [
Eng .]
(
b )
A large ,
predacious ,
hemipterous insect ({
Prionotus cristatus });
the wheel bug . [
U .
S .]
{
Devil '
s darning -
needle }. (
Zool .)
See under {
Darn },
v .
t .
{
Devil '
s fingers }, {
Devil '
s hand } (
Zool .),
the common British starfish ({
Asterias rubens }); --
also applied to a sponge with stout branches . [
Prov .
Eng .,
Irish &
Scot .]
{
Devil '
s riding -
horse } (
Zool .),
the American mantis ({
Mantis Carolina }).
{
The Devil '
s tattoo },
a drumming with the fingers or feet .
"
Jack played the Devil '
s tattoo on the door with his boot heels ." --
F .
Hardman (
Blackw .
Mag .).
{
Devil worship },
worship of the power of evil ; --
still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power .
{
Printer '
s devil },
the youngest apprentice in a printing office ,
who runs on errands ,
does dirty work (
as washing the ink rollers and sweeping ),
etc . "
Without fearing the printer '
s devil or the sheriff '
s officer ." --
Macaulay .
{
Tasmanian devil } (
Zool .),
a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania ({
Dasyurus ursinus }
syn . {
Diabolus ursinus }).
{
To play devil with },
to molest extremely ;
to ruin . [
Low ]
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351 Moby Thesaurus words for "
devil ":
Abaddon ,
Apollyon ,
Baba Yaga ,
Beelzebub ,
Belial ,
Bowery bum ,
Lilith ,
Linotyper ,
Lucifer ,
Mafioso ,
Mephistopheles ,
Old Nick ,
Old Scratch ,
Satan ,
Succubus ,
Xanthippe ,
Young Turk ,
adventurer ,
adventuress ,
adversary ,
afreet ,
aggravate ,
annoy ,
antagonist ,
ape -
man ,
apprentice printer ,
archenemy ,
bad boy ,
badger ,
bait ,
bake ,
barbarian ,
barbecue ,
barghest ,
baste ,
be at ,
beachcomber ,
beast ,
bedevil ,
beggar ,
beggarly fellow ,
beldam ,
berserk ,
berserker ,
beset ,
bitter enemy ,
blackguard ,
blanch ,
blighter ,
bloke ,
boil ,
bomber ,
booger ,
bother ,
braise ,
bravo ,
brazenface ,
brew ,
bristle ,
broil ,
brown ,
brown off ,
brute ,
bucko ,
budmash ,
buffoon ,
bug ,
bugger ,
bully ,
bullyboy ,
bullyrag ,
bum ,
bummer ,
burn up ,
cacodemon ,
caitiff ,
chap ,
chivy ,
coddle ,
compositor ,
con artist ,
con man ,
confidence man ,
confoundedly ,
cook ,
crone ,
curry ,
cutthroat ,
cutup ,
daeva ,
daredevil ,
demon ,
derelict ,
desperado ,
deuce ,
deucedly ,
devil incarnate ,
diablo ,
discompose ,
distemper ,
disturb ,
do ,
do to perfection ,
dog ,
dragon ,
drifter ,
drunkard ,
dust storm ,
dybbuk ,
electrotyper ,
elf ,
enemy ,
enfant terrible ,
evil genius ,
evil spirit ,
exasperate ,
exceedingly ,
excessively ,
exercise ,
extremely ,
fash ,
fellow ,
fiend ,
fiend from hell ,
fire ,
fire -
eater ,
firebrand ,
foe ,
foeman ,
fox ,
fricassee ,
frizz ,
frizzle ,
fry ,
funmaker ,
fury ,
genie ,
genius ,
get ,
ghoul ,
good -
for -
naught ,
good -
for -
nothing ,
goon ,
gorilla ,
griddle ,
grill ,
gripe ,
gunman ,
gunsel ,
guy ,
gyre ,
hag ,
harass ,
hardnose ,
harmattan ,
harpy ,
harry ,
harum -
scarum ,
heat ,
heckle ,
hector ,
hell -
raiser ,
hellcat ,
hellhound ,
hellion ,
hellkite ,
hobo ,
holy terror ,
hood ,
hoodlum ,
hooligan ,
hothead ,
hotspur ,
hound ,
human wreck ,
imp ,
in hell ,
in the world ,
incendiary ,
incubus ,
irk ,
jinni ,
jinniyeh ,
joker ,
jokester ,
keyboarder ,
khamsin ,
killer ,
knave ,
lamia ,
limb ,
little devil ,
little monkey ,
little rascal ,
lowlife ,
mad dog ,
madbrain ,
madcap ,
makeup man ,
mauvais sujet ,
mean wretch ,
miff ,
minx ,
mischief ,
mischief -
maker ,
molest ,
monster ,
mucker ,
mugger ,
nag ,
needle ,
nettle ,
no -
good ,
nudzh ,
ogre ,
ogress ,
open enemy ,
operator ,
oven -
bake ,
pan ,
pan -
broil ,
parboil ,
pauvre diable ,
peesash ,
peeve ,
persecute ,
person ,
pester ,
pick on ,
pilgarlic ,
pique ,
pixie ,
plague ,
pluck the beard ,
poach ,
poor creature ,
poor devil ,
pother ,
practical joker ,
prankster ,
precious rascal ,
prepare ,
prepare food ,
pressman ,
printer ,
proofer ,
provoke ,
public enemy ,
puck ,
rake ,
rakehell ,
rakshasa ,
rantipole ,
rapist ,
rapscallion ,
rascal ,
revolutionary ,
ride ,
rile ,
roast ,
rogue ,
roil ,
rough ,
rowdy ,
ruffian ,
ruffle ,
sad case ,
sad sack ,
samiel ,
sandstorm ,
satan ,
saute ,
savage ,
scalawag ,
scallop ,
scamp ,
scapegrace ,
scoundrel ,
sear ,
serpent ,
shaitan ,
she -
wolf ,
shedu ,
shirr ,
shrew ,
shyster ,
simmer ,
simoom ,
sirocco ,
skid -
row bum ,
sly dog ,
slyboots ,
smoothie ,
sneak ,
sod ,
spalpeen ,
speedily ,
spitfire ,
steam ,
stereotyper ,
stew ,
stiff ,
stir -
fry ,
stoneman ,
succubus ,
sundowner ,
swagman ,
sworn enemy ,
tease ,
termagant ,
terror ,
terrorist ,
the undead ,
thug ,
tiger ,
tigress ,
toast ,
torment ,
tough ,
tough guy ,
tramp ,
trickster ,
truant ,
try the patience ,
tweak the nose ,
typesetter ,
typographer ,
ugly customer ,
unfortunate ,
vag ,
vagabond ,
vagrant ,
vampire ,
vaurien ,
vex ,
villain ,
violent ,
violently ,
virago ,
vixen ,
wag ,
wastrel ,
werewolf ,
wild beast ,
wild man ,
witch ,
wolf ,
worry ,
worthless fellow ,
wretch ,
yogini Devil (
Gr .
diabolos ),
a slanderer ,
the arch -
enemy of man '
s spiritual interest (
Job 1 :
6 ;
Rev .
2 :
10 ;
Zech .
3 :
1 ).
He is called also "
the accuser of the brethen " (
Rev .
12 :
10 ).
In Lev .
17 :
7 the word "
devil "
is the translation of the Hebrew _sair_ ,
meaning a "
goat "
or "
satyr " (
Isa .
13 :
21 ;
34 :
14 ),
alluding to the wood -
daemons ,
the objects of idolatrous worship among the heathen .
In Deut .
32 :
17 and Ps .
106 :
37 it is the translation of Hebrew _shed_ ,
meaning lord ,
and idol ,
regarded by the Jews as a "
demon ,"
as the word is rendered in the Revised Version .
In the narratives of the Gospels regarding the "
casting out of devils "
a different Greek word (
daimon )
is used .
In the time of our Lord there were frequent cases of demoniacal possession (
Matt .
12 :
25 -
30 ;
Mark 5 :
1 -
20 ;
Luke 4 :
35 ;
10 :
18 ,
etc .).
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