bilious
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++bil·i·ous /ˈbɪliəs/ adjective 1 MIfeeling as if you might vomit 恶心的，想吐的 She felt a bilious attack coming on. 她感到一阵恶心。2 very unpleasant 令人不快的，使人厌恶的 bilious green walls 难看的绿墙3. BAD-TEMPERED literary bad-tempered 坏脾气的；暴躁的 —biliousness noun [uncountable]
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bilious• Her mouth was filled with bilious acids that her stomach had sent up in sympathy.• After all, it was only a bilious attack ... uncomfortable at the time, but it soon passed.• We are told it was a bilious attack which had forced Désirée to take to her bed instead of the boards.• One bilious attack would have been passed over as something that could happen to anyone; but two aroused suspicion.• On Monday the endless time to fill suddenly collapsed, for Mrs Dummett developed a violent bilious attack.• Lianas writhed towards the light from bilious decaying depths.• a bilious green color• That warlock was a bloated, horned hermaphrodite draped in bilious green skin.Origin bilious (1500-1600) French bilieux, from Latin biliosus, from bilis; → BILEbil·i·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable
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bilious
bil‧i‧ous /ˈbɪliəs/
adjective1. feeling as if you might vomit:
She felt a bilious attack coming on.
2. very unpleasant:
bilious green walls
3. literary bad-tempered
—biliousness noun [uncountable]
bil‧i‧ous /ˈbɪliəs/
adjective1. feeling as if you might vomit: 2. very unpleasant:
3. literary bad-tempered
—biliousness noun [uncountable]