Choler is a very old, bookish word for great anger — the hot, rising kind that makes a person snap. You will almost never hear it in the street; it lives in old stories, history, and a few careful writers who want that old flavour.

Choler is指的是 a very old, bookish word for great anger一個很古老、書面語的字，指強烈的怒氣——the hot, rising kind that makes a person snap那種一下子往上衝、讓人爆發的怒氣。You will almost never hear it in the street你在街上幾乎不會聽到；it lives in old stories, history它活在老故事、歷史裡, and a few careful writers who want that old flavour還有少數想要那種古味的講究作家。

Though actually, it did not start as a word for feeling. Doctors in Europe once said the body had four liquids, and one of them was yellow bile, which they called choler. Too much of that liquid, they thought, made you quick to rage — so the name of the liquid became the name of the anger. Today we do not use that body theory, but the word stayed, frozen in old English, meaning a fierce temper.

Though actually不過事實上，it did not start as a word for feeling它一開始並不是形容情緒的字。Doctors in Europe once said歐洲的醫生曾經說 the body had four liquids人體裡有四種體液，and one of them was yellow bile其中一種是黃膽汁，which they called choler他們就叫它 choler。Too much of that liquid那種液體太多的話，they thought他們認為，made you quick to rage會讓人容易發怒——so the name of the liquid became the name of the anger所以那種液體的名字就變成了那種怒氣的名字。Today we do not use that body theory今天我們不再用那套體液理論，but the word stayed不過這個字留下來了，frozen in old English凍結在古英文裡，meaning a fierce temper意思是猛烈的脾氣。