Devil

(noun.) a word used in exclamations of confusion; 'what the devil'; 'the deuce with it'; 'the dickens you say'.

(noun.) an evil supernatural being.

(verb.) coat or stuff with a spicy paste; 'devilled eggs'.

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• We should be rich men if we had 1000 pounds for every poor devil who has been done to death in that den. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your throat! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Talk of the devil, said Alvanly, as Julia and Sophia entered the room. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I vowed to myself I would see them all to the devil. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Bring out some of the gold you sold yourself to the devil for. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Poor devil, he's expelled the house! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• For this seems to me nothing but the resuscitation of the devil: when things go wrong it is somebody else's fault. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Cold and glittering devils! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Before I knew it the air was black with fliers, and a hundred of these First Born devils were leaping to the ground all about me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Many rich people, whom we poor devils are in the habit of envying, lead contentedly an existence like that above described. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Devils gathered their legions in his sight; their dim, discrowned, and tarnished armies passed rank and file before him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The miserable poor devils knew all about his affairs. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• As I reached their side a glance showed me that all but a very few eggs had hatched, the incubator being fairly alive with the hideous little devils. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• If I had the little devils! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Some devilled kidneys and a herring--let's say. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• In general, he was particular and dainty enough, and knew well each shade of flavour in his food, but now the devilled chicken tasted like sawdust. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

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