"galls" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 蟲癭（植物）- 激怒

Definition

「蟲癭」是植物因昆蟲等因素產生的異常增生。作為動詞時，「galls」意指讓某人惱怒或生氣。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

名詞用法多見於科學和植物學語境。動詞較正式，表示強烈惱怒，例如“it galls me”。口語中不常用。

Examples

The oak tree has many galls on its leaves.

橡樹的葉子上有很多**蟲癭**。

Certain insects cause galls to grow on plants.

某些昆蟲會讓植物上長出**蟲癭**。

It galls me when people don't keep their promises.

別人不守承諾真的**讓我生氣**。

Those little bumps on the leaf are actually galls made by tiny wasps.

葉子上那些小凸起其實是小黃蜂造成的**蟲癭**。

What really galls her is when people take credit for her work.

真正**讓她生氣**的是別人把她的功勞搶走了。

It still galls me that we lost to such an easy team last year.

去年居然輸給那麼弱的隊伍這件事我到現在還**很氣**。