bile

noun
🔊/baɪl/
🔊/baɪl/
[uncountable]
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  1. the green-brown liquid with a bitter unpleasant taste that is produced by the liver to help the body to deal with the fats we eat, and that can come into your mouth when you vomit with an empty stomach胆汁Topics Bodyc2
  2. (formal) a strong feeling of anger or hating somebody/something愤怒;憎恨
    • The critic's review of the play was just a paragraph of bile.那位批评家对这部戏剧的评论不过是在发泄怒气。🔊🔊
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, from Latin bilis.