Word · Frequency #5904
gall
使烦恼；使恼怒
To bother, trouble, or exasperate someone.
- 1.
To bother or trouble.
烦扰或困扰。
- 2.
To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
在染色中用没食子浸液浸渍。
- 3.
To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
骚扰,侵扰,常带有伤害意图。
- 4.
To exasperate.
使恼怒。
- 5.
To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
在切割表面上造成凹坑,由于两个表面之间的摩擦超过材料在某一点的结合力。
骚扰；侵扰；使（表面）因摩擦产生麻点；用没食子煎液浸染；烦扰或困扰。；在染色中用没食子浸液浸渍。
In use
It galls me to see him get the promotion.
Her constant criticism galls everyone.
Being treated unfairly really galled him.
Verb forms
base gall · third person galls · -ing galling · past galled · past participle galled
规则动词，常见于描述令人恼怒或痛苦的行为。
Connections
Collocations
- be galled by
- 因…而恼怒；被…激怒
- She was galled by his rude comment.她被他粗鲁的评论激怒了。
- it galls someone that...
- 使某人气恼的是…
- It galls me that he never apologizes.让我气恼的是他从不道歉。
- galled to the quick
- 深感恼怒；气恼至极
- The team was galled to the quick by the referee's decision.裁判的判罚让球队气恼至极。
- a galling defeat
- 令人气恼的失败
- Their champion suffered a galling defeat in the first round.他们的冠军在第一轮就遭遇了令人气恼的失败。
- a galling irony
- 令人恼火的讽刺
- It is a galling irony that the safety measures caused more accidents.具有讽刺意味而又令人气恼的是，安全措施反而导致了更多事故。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：gall 中含有 all，想象所有事都来烦扰你，令你恼怒。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary works、formal essays、journalistic commentary 该词作动词表示“使恼怒；使烦恼”时，通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在文学作品、严肃报刊或正式评论中；日常口语中更常用 annoy 或 irritate。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词都与 gall /ɡɔl/ 押韵，因为重读元音及后续辅音都是 /ɔl/。注意拼写相似的 gale /ɡeɪl/ 和 gull /ɡʌl/ 听起来并不相同，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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