英语词汇“gall”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

gallgall1 /gɔl/ noun

ETYMOLOGYgall¹

Origin: (1-3) Old English gealla (4) 1300-1400 Old French Latin galla (5) Old English gealla, from Latin galla

1have the gall to do something disapproving to do something impolite and unreasonable that most people would be too embarrassed to do: Congress actually had the gall to vote for a pay raise for themselves.2[uncountable] old-fashioned anger and hate that will not go away3[uncountable] old use → see bile4[countable] a swelling on a tree or plant caused by damage from insects or infection5[countable] a painful place on an animal’s skin, caused by something rubbing against it

noun | verb

gallgall2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

gall

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	gall
	he, she, it	galls
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	galled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have galled
	he, she, it	has galled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had galled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will gall
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have galled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am galling
	he, she, it	is galling
	you, we, they	are galling
Past	I, he, she, it	was galling
	you, we, they	were galling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been galling
	he, she, it	has been galling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been galling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be galling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been galling

to make someone feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair: it galls somebody (that) It galls me that she’s never apologized for what she said.