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The Devil — in many religions, the great evil spirit who stands against God. Hold that one figure: a powerful, mischief-making, slightly dangerous being. Everything else is this figure shrunk, or borrowed: lesser evil spirits, a half-affectionate name for a naughty child, a swear-like booster in questions, and a crowd of old sayings that put the Devil on stage.

可以想成那位「魔鬼」——在許多宗教裡，與神對立、最強大的那個邪惡靈體。先抓住這一個形象：強大、愛搗蛋、又帶點危險。其…更多收起可以想成那位「魔鬼」——在許多宗教裡，與神對立、最強大的那個邪惡靈體。先抓住這一個形象：強大、愛搗蛋、又帶點危險。其餘所有用法都是把這個形象縮小、變柔、或借用：層級較低的惡靈、半帶疼愛地叫一個調皮鬼、在問句裡加重語氣的咒罵式字眼，還有一大堆把魔鬼搬上台的老諺語。

原始詞典資料27 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Devilname

  • 1

    lifestylereligiontheologyThe chief devil; Satan.

devilname/ˈdɛvəl/

  • 1

    lifestylereligiontheologyThe chief devil; Satan.

devilnoun/ˈdɛvəl/

  • 1

    lifestylereligiontheologyAn evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.

  • 2

    artsfolklorehistoryA man with red or orange skin and a pair of horns on his head, a pointed goatee, and a long tail, who carries a pitchfork, represents evil, and is portrayed to children as a boogeyman who punishes bad behavior.

  • 3

    The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.

    • The devil in me wants to let him suffer.
  • 4

    A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.

    • Those two kids are devils in a toy store.
  • 5

    A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.

    • That math problem was a devil.
  • 6

    Hell.

    • What in the devil is that?
    • What the devil is that?
  • 7

    A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.

    • 'Well, I'm damned,' said Bond. 'Of course that old devil M never told me. He just gives one the facts. Never tells one any good news. I suppose he thinks it might influence one's decision to take a case or not.'
  • 8

    A printer's assistant.

    • For he will not leave his listener to dwell upon sorrow when the print office beckons and he can show you what a good little devil he became.
另外 8 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A poltergeist that haunts printing works.

  • 10

    A lawyer’s assistant.

  • 11

    A dust devil.

    • The formation of tornados and water-spouts is very probably identical with that of dust-storms and "devils," viz., a sudden disturbance of the vertical equilibrium of the atmosphere, where by an upward rush of air is generated, which rapidly becomes spiral.
    • There are few sights more appalling than a sandstorm in the desert, the "Zauba'ah" as the Arabs call it. Devils, or pillars of sand, vertical and inclined, measuring a thousand feet high[.]
  • 12

    dialectalA barren, unproductive and unused area.

    • devil strip
  • 13

    cookingfoodlifestyleA dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.

    • Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron.
  • 14

    A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc., as used in the production of mungo or shoddy.

    • The woollen things are torn to pieces by a machine having spiked rollers (termed a devil), cleansed, and the fibre spun with a certain proportion of new wool, the yarn being afterwards woven into the full-bodied but flimsy fabric termed shoddy.
  • 15

    A Tasmanian devil.

    • He removes his food, water, and torch from the pack and then pushes it to the far end of the tent – no devil is going to rip his pack apart tonight.
    • In the 1800s, for example, workers at a wool company were scared that the devils would attack their sheep.
  • 16

    slangcyclinghobbieslifestyleAn endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.

devilverb/ˈdɛvəl/

  • 1

    To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

  • 2

    To annoy or bother.

  • 3

    To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.

    • He did not repeat the scathing estimate of her character by Quatrefages, who at that time spent one afternoon a week devilling at the Consulate, keeping the petty-cash box in order.
  • 4

    To ghostwrite; to author while working as a ‘devil’.

    • Didn't secretaries write the speeches of Parliamentary "big-bugs"? Weren't the opinions of eminent lawyers often written by their juniors, read over and signed? Weren't briefs and pleadings devilled?
  • 5

    To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy

    • […]; you could watch a buckwheat pancake whirled into existence under your eyes and see fowls' legs devilled, peppered, grilled, and tormented till they lost all semblance of the original Mariposa chicken.
  • 6

    To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:

  • 7

    To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:

    • She's going to devil four dozen eggs for the picnic.
  • 8

    To shred fabric into its fibres for recycling, as in the production of mungo or shoddy.

    • Tailors' clippings and remnants of fine woollen goods, such as broadcloth, etc., are devilled and spun into yarn for making cloth of nicer quality, called mungo.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。