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deviln. evil spirit魔鬼。 △Tw.2.3.161 (147): “The devil apuritan that he is,” i.e. He isnot a puritan,by the devil; heis not a genuine puritan. 他根本不是什么清教徒。(又译:他是个鬼清教徒。) 
“the Devil on afiddle stick” Phrases & Expressions: devil’s butcher: butcher set onby the devil 魔鬼支使的屠夫。
△ 3H.VI.5.5.77: “Where is that devil’s butcher,” 那个魔鬼手下的杀人凶手,在哪里? devil’s dam: devil’s mother魔鬼的母亲。 △Com.4.3.50 (51):“Nay,she is worse,she is the devil’s dam,”不,她比魔鬼更厉害,她是魔鬼他妈。 roaring devil: The Devil often appeared as a charac-ter in old morality plays in England. He would roarwith pain when beaten with a wooden dagger andwhen someone tried to cut short his long claws .吼叫的魔鬼(英国中世纪宗教剧中常出现的人物,当有人用木刀打他或剪他的长爪时,他就吼叫)。 △H . V. 4 . 4 . 74 (70): “Bardolphand Nym had ten times more valour than this roaringdevil i’ the old play (i. e. Pistol),that every one maypare his nails with a wooden dagger,”巴道夫和尼姆的勇气比这个老戏中只会吼叫的魔鬼要强十倍,每个人都可以拿一把木刀削他的指甲。 devil-porter it: play the part of the porter in hell做鬼门关看守人。 △Mac . 2 . 3 . 19 (16):“But this place is toocold for hell. I’ll devil-porter it no further.”这个地方作为地狱是太冷了,我不再当这个鬼门关看守人了。devil(1)[ˈdevl]n.尘暴,尘旋风
devil(2)[ˈdevl]n.魔鬼,坏蛋,麻烦,律师的助手v.嘲弄,扯碎 ◇ a devil of讨厌的,异常的 and the devil knows what其他等等 be the devil极度困难 between the devil and the deep sea =between two fires = between the hammer and the anvil进退维谷,腹背受敌 go to the devil滚开 like the devil猛烈地,拼命地 play the devil with伤害 the devil to pay今后的麻烦,可怕的后果 ‖ devil coat礼服 devil dance恶魔舞 devil’s advocate唱反调的人 devilish adj.魔鬼似的 devilishly adv.devilishness n.devilment n. devil-may-care adj. 漫不经心的,无所顾忌的 devilkin n.小鬼 devilling n.大律师代理出庭,大律师带撰写诉状,律师之间案件的移交 devilry = deviltry n.魔鬼,开玩笑,恶作剧 |