/'bɪlɪəs; `bɪljəs/
adj
1 caused by or suffering from too much bile 因胆汁过多而引起的; 患胆病的
*a bilious attack 胆病发作
* I feel a little bilious after last night's dinner. 我昨天吃过晚饭後, 感到有点不舒服.
2 bad-tempered; irritable 脾气不好的; 易怒的.
3 of a sickly yellowish colour (similar to bile) 黄疸颜色的
*a bilious (shade of) green 黄绿色.

adj
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French;Origin: bilieux, from Latin biliosus, from bilis; BILE]
feeling as if you might vomit
　I got up feeling bilious and with a terrible headache.
　She felt a bilious attack coming on.
very unpleasant
　bilious green walls
literary bad-tempered
>biliousnessn[U]