late 14c., from Old French diabolique (13c.), from Late Latin diabolicus, from Ecclesiastical Greek diabolikos "devilish," from diabolos (see devil (n.)).
雙語例句
1. Pitt's smile returned, and it was hideously diabolic.
皮特的臉上重新浮現(xiàn)出笑容，但卻猙獰可怕。
來自辭典例句
2. There was a diabolic gleam in his eyes as if something amused him greatly.
那時他眼里閃耀著一絲殘忍的光輝,仿佛有什么叫他大為高興似的.
來自飄（部分）
3. Fires lit up a diabolic scene.
火光映射出殘忍的現(xiàn)場.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Japan's diabolic plot to wage bacteriological warfare against China during World War II has been exposed.