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devil

/dev-uhl/US // ˈdɛv əl //UK // (ˈdɛvəl) //

魔鬼,恶魔,妖怪,妖魔

Related Words

rogue流氓,无赖,无业游民,流氓行为scamp流浪汉,流浪者,流氓,流氓行为ogre食人魔,妖怪,食人妖,食人怪imp暗示,印象,暗示着,印象派dastard卑鄙小人,混蛋,卑鄙无耻之徒,傻子adversary对手,对抗者,对头,对方brute野蛮人,蛮人,蛮横的人,畜生beast野兽,禽兽,兽类,兽性knave骑士,骑士精神,骑士团,骑士团成员villain小人,恶棍,恶人,小人儿hellion地狱人,地狱使者,地狱之神fiend恶魔,凶神恶煞,恶人,恶煞genie精灵,妖怪,玄武scoundrel恶棍,坏蛋,恶人,大坏蛋monster怪物djinn妖怪,妖精,妖魔,巫师dybbuk堤布克,堤坝,堤贝克enfant terrible可怕的孩子,糟糕的孩子,可怕的小孩,可怕的儿童archfiend拱卫者,弓箭手,拱门,拱卫diablo破坏神,破坏者,破坏性,破坏性的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Theology.the supreme spirit of evil; Satan.a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
    • : an atrociously wicked, cruel, or ill-tempered person.
    • : a person who is very clever, energetic, reckless, or mischievous.
    • : a person, usually one in unfortunate or pitiable circumstances: The poor devil kept losing jobs through no fault of his own.
    • : Also called printer's devil. Printing. a young worker below the level of apprentice in a printing office.
    • : any of various mechanical devices, as a machine for tearing rags, a machine for manufacturing wooden screws, etc.
    • : Nautical. any of various seams difficult to caulk because of form or position.
    • : any of various portable furnaces or braziers used in construction and foundry work.
    • : the devil,: What the devil do you mean by that?
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dev·iled, dev·il·ing or dev·illed, dev·il·ling.

    • : to annoy; harass; pester: to devil Mom and Dad for a new car.
    • : to tear with a devil.
    • : Cooking. to prepare with hot or savory seasoning: to devil eggs.

Phrases

  • devil and deep blue sea
  • devil of a
  • devil take the hindmost, the
  • devil to pay, the
  • between a rock and a hard place (devil and deep blue sea)
  • full of it (the devil)
  • give someone hell (the devil)
  • give the devil his due
  • go to hell (the devil)
  • luck of the devil
  • play the devil with
  • raise Cain (the devil)
  • speak of the devil

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
beelzebub比埃兹巴伯,哔哩哔哩,比埃兹伯伯,比埃兹巴mephistopheles梅菲斯特,梅菲斯特法斯,梅菲斯特法尔,梅菲斯satan撒旦,撒但adversary对手,对抗者,对头,对方beast野兽,禽兽,兽类,兽性brute野蛮人,蛮人,蛮横的人,畜生dastard卑鄙小人,混蛋,卑鄙无耻之徒,傻子djinn妖怪,妖精,妖魔,巫师dybbuk堤布克,堤坝,堤贝克fiend恶魔,凶神恶煞,恶人,恶煞genie精灵,妖怪,玄武hellion地狱人,地狱使者,地狱之神imp暗示,印象,暗示着,印象派knave骑士,骑士精神,骑士团,骑士团成员lucifer萤火虫,荧光屏,荧光体,荧光粉monster怪物ogre食人魔,妖怪,食人妖,食人怪rogue流氓,无赖,无业游民,流氓行为scamp流浪汉,流浪者,流氓,流氓行为scoundrel恶棍,坏蛋,恶人,大坏蛋villain小人,恶棍,恶人,小人儿archfiend拱卫者,弓箭手,拱门,拱卫prince of darkness黑暗王子,黑暗中的王子,黑暗的王子,黑暗之王bête noirecommon enemy共同的敌人,共同敌人,同仇敌忾,共同的敌手diablo破坏神,破坏者,破坏性,破坏性的enfant terrible可怕的孩子,糟糕的孩子,可怕的小孩,可怕的儿童evil one邪恶的人,恶人,恶者,恶人一个the erinyes二人组,洱海,二人的关系,二人的故事the furies愤怒者,愤怒,愤怒的人,怒火the dickens狄更斯,屌丝,狄更斯的故事,迪肯斯

Examples

  • Bags as high as half a man, great chunks of the stuff that burn to the devil’s specs, cook an entire nation’s food and consume forests.

  • As for whether the solution makes sense, well, the devil will be in the detail.

  • I had no control and I was just spiraling downward and he was just the devil at the bottom waiting for me.

  • However, when it comes to SEO, the devil isn’t in the details or yet another little known keyword targeting and overall research technique you’ve dugout.

  • For publishers, the devil is in the shadowy detailsExperts warn that shadier vendors will often tuck unfavorable terms into contracts.

  • Wiseman as Samuel is alternately Devil-child and a cute young kid.

  • The West would be wise to think of Putin as the devil it knows.

  • Can we imagine Stephen Vincent Benet writing The Devil and Barbara Boxer?

  • For both the possessed and the priest-practitioner, driving out the devil can be dangerous to mind, body and spirit.

  • He says certain books, and even scary Halloween horror movies, tempt people to the devil.

  • Thus was the man left entirely to the devil, not even his life being reserved, as in the case of Job.

  • He desired his secretary to go to the devil, but, thinking better of it, he recalled him as he reached the door.

  • I cannot believe that a good God would create or tolerate a Devil, nor that he would allow the Devil to tempt man.

  • As the devil never wanted insinuators, I shall observe, that I learned a way how to make a man dream of what I pleased.

  • One day she had heard a man say, "If there is a drought we shall have the devil to pay with our stock before winter is over."

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