rankle
rankle
verb
[no obj.]
verb
[no obj.]
- (archaic)(of a wound or sore) continue to be painful: fester
(古)（伤口，患处）疼痛，发痛；疼痛不已；化脓，发炎 - (of a comment, event, or fact) cause annoyance or resentment that persists
（评论，事件，事实）激起持久烦恼（或怨恨）；折磨
the casual manner of his dismissal still rankles.
他随随便便被免职，至今仍怨恨难消。
■[with obj.](chiefly N.Amer.)annoy or irritate (someone)
(主北美)使苦恼；激怒
Lisa was rankled by his assertion.
他的断言让莉萨恼火。
- Middle English: from Old French rancler, from rancle, draoncle 'festering sore', from an alteration of medieval Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco 'serpent'
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