bile

名词 n. 动词 v.
发音 bīl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion. uncountable,usually
  2. A boil (kind of swelling). obsolete
  3. Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility. uncountable,usually
  4. Either of two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology. uncountable,usually
    — I shall tire of my Journal if it is to contain nothing but biles and plasters and unguents.
动词 v.
  1. Pronunciation spelling of boil. alt-of,pronunciation-spelling
    — We pretty near biled ourselves and Miss Euly done got her bes' pink apron stained, an' I dropped Sis Suky's big kitchen spoon in de hogshead of sand […]

词形变化

biles plural biles plural biles present,singular,third-person biling participle,present bileing participle,present biled participle,past biled past

词源

词源 1
From Middle French bile, from Latin bīlis (“bile”).
Partially displaced native English gall (“bile”), from Middle English galle, from Old English galla, ġealla (“gall, bile”).
词源 2
Obsolete form of boil. Akin to Dutch buil and German Beule, all from Proto-Germanic *būlǭ.
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