- 1易怒的、脾氣暴躁的；舊稱「膽汁質」（四種氣質之一）
Choleric describes a person who is quick to anger — bad-tempered, sharp, easily set off. It is not the everyday word; angry and bad-tempered do that job.
CholericCholeric describes a person who is quick to anger形容一個很容易生氣的人——bad-tempered, sharp, easily set off脾氣壞、易怒、一點就爆。It is not the everyday word這不是日常用字；angry and bad-temperedangry和bad-tempered do that job才是做這份工作的字。
Choleric feels old and a bit formal, and you mostly meet it in books, character notes, or talk about old personality types.
Choleric feels old and a bit formalCholeric聽起來老派又有點正式，and you mostly meet it in books你大多會在書裡遇到它、character notes人物介紹裡、or talk about old personality types或講到古老性格分類的談話裡。
Though actually, it comes from that same old doctor story: a “choleric” person was one whose body, they said, had too much yellow bile (), so they burned hot and snapped. We no longer believe the body works that way, but we kept the adjective for the temper.
Though actually不過其實，it comes from that same old doctor story它來自那個古老的醫生故事：a "choleric" person一個「choleric」的人 was one whose body, they said, had too much yellow bile (choler)據說是身體裡黃膽汁（choler）太多的人，so they burned hot and snapped所以會一點就火大、發脾氣。We no longer believe the body works that way我們現在不再相信身體是這樣運作的，but we kept the adjective for the temper但還是留下這個形容詞來講脾氣。
It can also be a noun for such a person, though that use is even rarer.
It can also be a noun for such a person它也可以當名詞，指這樣的一個人，though that use is even rarer不過這種用法更少見。
core核心畫面
組成choler (the old word for yellow bile / hot anger) + -ic (makes an adjective: “of that kind”). From Middle English colerik, from Old French colerique, in the same family as choler.
原始詞典資料15 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cholericadj/ˈkɒləɹɪk/
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historicalmedicinesciencesSenses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
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historicalmedicinesciencesSenses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
- Alway remember, that in wynter fleume increaſeth by reaſon of rayne and moyſtneſſe of that ſeaſon, alſo the length of nyghtes and moche reſte. And therfore in that tyme cholerike perſons, are beſt at eaſe, ſemblably are yonge men, but to olde men wynter is ennemye.
- And let a Man bevvare, hovv he keepeth Company, vvith Cholerick and Quarelſome Perſons; for they vvill engage him into their ovvne Quarels.
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historicalastrologyhuman-sciencesmedicineSenses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
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obsoletehistoricalmedicinesciencesSenses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
- [T]he cholerike ſtomake, doth not deſyre ſo much as he may digeſte, the melancholye ſtomake may not digeſte ſo moche as he deſyreth: for colde maketh appetyte, but naturall heate concocteth or boyleth.
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obsoletehistoricalmedicinesciencesSenses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
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obsoletehistoricalmedicinesciencesSenses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
- Gru[mio]. VVhat ſay you to a Neats foote? / Kate [Katherina Minola]. 'Tis paſsing good, I prethee let me haue it. / Gru. I feare it is too chollericke a meate. / Hovv ſay you to a fat Tripe finely broyl'd? / Kate. I like it vvell, good Grumio fetch it me. / Gru. I cannot tell, I feare 'tis chollericke. / VVhat ſay you to a peece of Beefe and Muſtard?
- A chollericke parcell of food it is, that vvho ſo ties himſelfe to racke and manger to for fiue ſummers, and fiue vvinters, he ſhall beget a child that vvill be a ſouldiour and a commaunder before hee hath caſt his firſt teeth, […]
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Senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
- […] Moſes might ſeem to bee the ſharpeſt, the rougheſt, and the cholorickeſt man yͭ euer vvas: and that vvas againſt his nature.
- VVhat, vvhat, my Lord? Are you ſo chollericke / VVith Elianor [Eleanor Cobham], for telling but her dreame?
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Senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
- Though that he were poſting in fatal iourney to deaths doore, / Yeet this quick cholerick challenge hee could not abandon.
- That in the Captaine's but a chollericke vvord, / VVhich in the Souldier is flat blaſphemie.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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obsoleteSenses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
- [T]he common opinion is (though long ſince exploded by Columella) that all hot, and choleric grounds, are red or brovvn; cold and dry, blackiſh; cold and moiſt, vvhitiſh; hot and moiſt, ruddy; […]
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Senses relating to cholera (“any of several acute infectious diseases caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium”).
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medicinesciencesSenses relating to cholera (“any of several acute infectious diseases caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium”).
- I now proceed to enumerate those lesions and morbid changes found in the bodies of those cut off by cholera, which must have preceded the appearance of the disease, and which, existing, as they did, in very different organs, had no connection with the choleric symptoms, but nevertheless rendered the chance of recovery much less likely.
cholericnoun/ˈkɒləɹɪk/
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historicalmedicinesciencesSenses relating to choler.
- According to the difference of Mens Conſtitutions, ſo they have choſen various VVays, that did moſt ſute vvith their Tempers, […] The Sanguine love Pageantry; the Flegmatick, the dull return of their Forms; the Melancholy affect Severities; and the Cholerick are peeviſh and paſſionate, and think thoſe Heats that are natural to them, are Sacrifices of great value vvith God. But vvill he accept of theſe from ſuch defiled hands?
- According as one or other of these fluids or "humours" got the upper hand in the body, did the person belong to one or other of the four recognized temperaments—the sanguine, the phlegmatic (or lymphatic), the choleric, the melancholic. Certain qualities were assumed to belong to each of these temperaments. […] The cholerics show ambition, stubbornness, love of work, courage; […]
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Senses relating to choler.
- [A]s Plutarch ſaith, Men are not vvoont to dravv a freſh cheeſe vvith a hooke: but as for the cholericke, they dravv not, but brooze, breake and ſhatter in peeces; and in ſtead of dravving, do thruſt off children from comming to learning.
- [W]e ſhall produce one great group of orators, in vvhich vvill be exhibited ſpecimens of every branch of the art. You vvill have at one vievv, the choleric, the placid, the voluble, the frigid, the frothy, the turgid, the calm, and the clamorous; […]
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Senses relating to cholera.
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obsoletemedicinesciencesSenses relating to cholera.
- Persons laboring under pulmonary affections appear to be less liable than others, though I have found softened tubercles in some cholerics.
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