gall

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1 have the gall to do something RUDE/IMPOLITEto do something rude and unreasonable that most people would be too embarrassed to do 厚颜无耻地做某事

He even had the gall to blame Lucy for it.

这件事他居然有脸责怪露西。

2. [uncountableU] old-fashionedANGRY anger and hate that will not go away 〔难以消除的〕愤恨，怨恨 SYN resentment

3. [uncountableU] old-fashionedHBH bile 胆汁

4. [countableC]HBP a swelling on a tree or plant caused by damage from insects or infection 〔树等植物上的〕瘿瘤，虫瘿

5. [countableC]HBAMI a painful place on an animal’s skin, caused by something rubbing against it 〔动物皮肤上的〕擦伤，擦伤处

gall2 verb [transitiveT]

ANGRYto make someone feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair 〔因某事不公正而〕使恼怒，激怒

It really galled him to see Anita doing so well now.

看到安妮塔现在干得那么好，他心里实在恼火。

Examples from the Corpus

gall• It galled him to have to sit impotently in silence; worse still, that it had been witnessed.• One grain of trouble would gall the clergy and the councillors like a pin under a saddle.

Origin gall1

1. Old English gealla

2. (1300-1400) Old French Latin galla

3. Old English gealla, from Latin galla

Chinese

Corpus

BNC: 5904 COCA: 14656

gall

Impolite and rude behaviour: discourtesy, insolence, presumption...

Parts of trees: bark, blossom, bole...