| 单词 | gall |
| 释义 | gall 1. n. 1. sl. impudence. 2. asperity, rancour. 3. bitterness; anything bitter (gall and wormwood). 4. the bile of animals. 5. the gall-bladder and its contents. Phrases and idioms gall-bladder the vessel storing bile after its secretion by the liver and before release into the intestine. Etymology: ON, corresp. to OE gealla, f. Gmc 2. n. & v. --n 1. a sore on the skin made by chafing. 2. a mental soreness or vexation. b a cause of this. 3. a place rubbed bare. --vtr. 1. rub sore; injure by rubbing. 2. vex, annoy, humiliate. Derivatives gallingly adv. Etymology: ME f. LG or Du. galle, corresp. to OE gealla sore on a horse 3. n. 1. a growth produced by insects or fungus etc. on plants and trees, esp. on oak. 2. (attrib.) of insects producing galls (gall-fly). Etymology: ME f. OF galle f. L galla |
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