devil

悪魔

宗教上の信仰や物語に登場する邪悪な霊や生き物。

やさしい英語で： An evil spirit or creature in religious beliefs and stories.

• The story features a frightening devil.
• He drew a devil with horns and a tail.
• Some people believed that devils caused illness.

類義語： demon, fiend

反対語： angel

よく使う表現： the devil, evil devil, devil worship, a wicked devil

やつ、人

同情や感心などの気持ちを込めて、人を指す呼び方。

やさしい英語で： A person you feel sorry for, admire, or describe with a particular feeling.

• The poor devil lost his job.
• You lucky devil, you won again!
• That cheeky devil ate the last biscuit.

類義語： fellow

よく使う表現： poor devil, lucky devil, cheeky devil

心の悪魔、悪魔

悪いことをするように自分を誘う心の働き。

やさしい英語で： The part of your mind that encourages you to do something wrong.

• My inner devil urged me to cheat.
• The devil in her wanted to get revenge.
• He ignored the devil on his shoulder and told the truth.

使い方： the devil in someone (The devil in me wanted to hide his keys.)

反対語： angel

よく使う表現： devil in someone, inner devil, devil on your shoulder

デビルドエッグを作る

ゆで卵を半分に切り、黄身に香辛料などを混ぜて詰めること。

やさしい英語で： To fill boiled egg halves with their yolks mixed with spices and other ingredients.

• We will devil the eggs tonight.
• She deviled twelve eggs for the party.
• Do you use mustard when you devil eggs?

よく使う表現： devil eggs, devil the eggs