| 词汇 | gall |
| 释义 | gall noun uk /ɡɔːl/ us /ɡɑːl/ gallnoun (RUDENESS)[ U ] rudeness and the quality of being unable to understand that your behaviour or what you say is not acceptable to other people: 鲁莽;厚颜无耻 [ + to infinitive ]Considering that he never even bothers to visit my parents, I'm amazed that Tim has the gall to ask them for money!蒂姆从不去看望我父母，可他竟然有脸去向他们要钱，真让我吃惊！ Rude and cheeky backchat cheekily cheekiness cheeky churlishly churlishness coarse-grained cocky fruity indelicate neanderthal obnoxiously obnoxiousness offensively offensiveness pertly sass unceremonious unpleasant unprintable gallnoun (SOLID MASS)[ C ] a gall is a kind of unusual solid mass that forms on the outer tissues of plants: The galls deform the leaves and stems of the host tree. One of the best plants to examine for galls is an oak tree. Some insect larvae can cause galls on vine leaves. No galls were observed on any of the naturally occurring seedlings. Rose galls occur on leaves or stems of the rose plant. Plant pathology anthracnose antifungal apple scab ash dieback auxin canker downy mildew dry rot Dutch elm disease etiolated excrescence fungicidal leaf rust leaf scorch leaf spot nodal organophosphate pesticide scald worm-eaten gall verb[ T ] uk /ɡɔːl/ us /ɡɑːl/ to make someone feel annoyed: 激怒（某人） I think it galls him to take orders from a younger and less experienced colleague.我想，要他去听命于一个比他年轻且资历比他浅的同事，他会很恼火。 Synonym irkformal Causing feelings of anger and displeasure aggravate aggrieve alienate anger annoy bend give someone the shitsidiom go too faridiom goat grate hack someone off nark rile rub rub someone up the wrong wayidiom ruffle ruffle someone's feathersidiom tit tooth troll gall | American Dictionarygall verb[ T ] us/ɡɔl/ gallverb[T] (ANNOY)to make someone annoyed: It galls him to take orders from a less experienced colleague. gall noun[ U ] us/ɡɔl/ gallnoun[U] (RUDE BEHAVIOR)inability to understand that your behavior or what you say is rude and not acceptable to other people: [ + to infinitive ]I don’t know how she can have the gall to accuse other people of being lazy when she comes in late every day! Examples of gallgall In mature galls, a multi-layered band of sclereids differentiates, enclosing the nutritive tissue completely. All the leaves sampled from galled branches contained galls. In this way, galls of known stage of development were obtained by picking these leaves at different times after oviposition. The oak galls are collected, crushed and either boiled or infused in rainwater (or white-wine vinegar). The gall bladder and main bile ducts were opened and examined for trematodes. Traits discouraging consumption of gall figs by frugivores would avoid such a reduction in male fitness. Later in the life cycle, pollen is vectored by a new generation of pollinators reared in gall figs. She has worked her way into a set of privileged business relations through an unparalleled combination of market savvy, charisma, and sheer gall. This may have important consequences on the preference of folivorous insects that interact with galling insects in these tropical plant species. This galls most linguists who are seriously involved with comparative and historical work. Receptive seed and gall figs also appeared indistinguishable to the investigators in size, shape and colour. Studies of richness of gall-inducing insects have not always employed the same sampling methods. The developmental stream of cottonwoods affects ramet growth and resistance to galling aphids. The total number of galls and wasps were counted per syconium. Galls were trimmed parallel to the width of the host leaf prior to fixation to facilitate rapid infiltration of the fluid into the gall tissues. See all examples of gall These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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