bedevil

动词 v.
中文释义
英 [bɪˈdɛvəɫ]    美 /bɪˈdɛvəl/|/biˈdɛvəl/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
    — Guerrilla attacks continued to bedevil the larger army's supply routes.
  2. To perplex or bewilder.
  3. To possess (someone's mind).

词形变化

bedevils present,singular,third-person bedeviling US,participle,present bedevilling UK,participle,present bedeviled US,participle,past bedeviled US,past bedevilled UK,participle,past bedevilled UK,past

词汇关系

衍生词
bedeviller bedevilment unbedeviled unbedevilled

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Old English be-
Middle English bi-
English be-
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
Ancient Greek διά (diá)
Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.
Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō
Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō)
Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō)
Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor.
Latin diabolusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *diubul
Old English dēofol
Middle English devel
English devil
English bedevil
From be- + devil.
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