English Dictionary

devil

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɛvəl/

動詞

To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil. / To annoy or bother. / To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.

日本語の意味

悪魔のように振る舞う、または悪魔の特性を帯びさせる / 邪魔をする、うっとおしくさせる / 無報酬で働く（例えば、弁護士や作家のために労働を提供する）

She asked him to devil the portrait so it would look more sinister.

彼女は肖像画をもっと悪魔のように見せて、より不気味にしたいと彼に頼んだ。

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

To annoy or bother.

意味（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.

意味（4）

To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.

[…]; 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.

意味（5）

To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.

意味（6）

To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.

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

devils （ present singular third-person ）

deviling （ US participle present ）

devilling （ participle present ）

deviled （ US participle past ）

deviled （ US past ）

devilled （ participle past ）

devilled （ past ）