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biliousness

/bil-yuhs/US // ˈbɪl yəs //UK // (ˈbɪlɪəs) //

胆量,胆怯,胆识,胆量大

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Physiology, Pathology. relating to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
    • : Pathology. having, caused by, or attended by trouble with the bile or liver.
    • : peevish; irritable; cranky.
    • : extremely unpleasant or distasteful: a long scarf of bright, bilious green.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Antibilious, an′ti-bil′yus, adj. of use against biliousness.

  • There are some people, and not a few, who cannot take milk without suffering from indigestion or biliousness.

  • When taken in this form it certainly causes indigestion as well as biliousness.

  • These precautions will often serve to avoid the biliousness which so frequently spoils the first few days of the holiday.

  • No wonder we hear of spring fever and spring biliousness, and have thousands of nostrums for clearing the blood in the spring.