| 单词 | bilious |
| 释义 | bilious (once / 5261 pages) adj If an unpleasant meal has left you feeling grumpy and looking green, you're bilious in several senses of the word. This adjective can mean both "troubled by indigestion" and "irritable," and it can also be used to suggest a sickly green shade. The wonderfully descriptive word bilious comes from the root bile, which is a foul green fluid made in the liver and stored in the gall bladder — a fact that helps us picture something described as bilious as being really foul. Because of the connection with bile, we often refer to something that's an ugly shade of green as being bilious. Of course, the word can also be more kindly applied to someone who has a liver or gall bladder disorder. WORD FAMILYbilious: biliouser, biliously, biliousness+/bile: biles, biliary, bilious USAGE EXAMPLESBut as this uniquely bilious election comes into its final stretch, it was nonetheless striking how outsized and ferocious Waters' messaging was. Los Angeles Times(Oct 17, 2016) But it runs counter to the competitive, score-settling spirit of this frequently bilious book. New York Times(Aug 29, 2016) Excuse me, but if that bilious billionaire blowhard is a populist, then I’m a contender in his Miss Universe contest. Salon(Sep 11, 2016) 1adj relating to or containing bile Syn biliary 2adj suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress Syn liverish, livery ill, sick affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function 3adj irritable as if suffering from indigestion Syn atrabilious, dyspeptic, liverish ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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