gall

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gall1 /ɡɔːl $ ɡɒːl/ noun  1  have the gall to do something RUDE/IMPOLITEto do something rude and unreasonable that most people would be too embarrassed to do 厚颜无耻地做某事 He even had the gall to blame Lucy for it. 这件事他居然有脸责怪露西。2. [uncountable] old-fashionedANGRY anger and hate that will not go away 〔难以消除的〕愤恨，怨恨 SYN resentment3. [uncountable] old-fashionedHBH bile 胆汁4. [countable]HBP a swelling on a tree or plant caused by damage from insects or infection 〔树等植物上的〕瘿瘤，虫瘿5. [countable]HBAMI a painful place on an animal’s skin, caused by something rubbing against it 〔动物皮肤上的〕擦伤，擦伤处gall2 verb [transitive]  ANGRYto make someone feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair 〔因某事不公正而〕使恼怒，激怒 It really galled him to see Anita doing so well now. 看到安妮塔现在干得那么好，他心里实在恼火。 → galling→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

gall• It galled him to have to sit impotently in silence; worse still, that it had been witnessed.• One grain of trouble would gall the clergy and the councillors like a pin under a saddle.Origin gall1 1. Old English gealla2. (1300-1400) Old French Latin galla3. Old English gealla, from Latin galla

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gall¹ /ɡɔːl $ ɡɒːl/ noun1. have the gall to do something to do something rude and unreasonable that most people would be too embarrassed to do:
    He even had the gall to blame Lucy for it.
2. [uncountable] old-fashioned anger and hate that will not go away
   SYN  resentment
3. [uncountable] old-fashioned bile
4. [countable] a swelling on a tree or plant caused by damage from insects or infection
5. [countable] a painful place on an animal’s skin, caused by something rubbing against it

II

gall² verb [transitive]
to make someone feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair:
    It really galled him to see Anita doing so well now.
⇨ galling