ghastly
英语
编辑词源
编辑源自古英语 gǣstan (“惊吓,折磨”)的衍生词 + -lic与ghostly(中古英语中亦作“gastlich”)的异文合并。等价于ghast/gast + -ly。16世纪时因异文合并,带“gh”的拼写发展起来。
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编辑形容词
编辑ghastly (比较级 ghastlier,最高级 ghastliest)
- 苍白的,阴沉的,死气沉沉的
- Template:RQ:Coleridge Ancient Mariner
- Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, 章号 11, 出自 The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, 第 (please specify |volume=I to V) 卷s, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
- package.lua:80: module 'Module:Quotations/en' not found
- Template:RQ:Coleridge Ancient Mariner
- 恐怖的,骇人的,惨不忍睹的
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 6”, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版为 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.
- 遭到乱刀砍穿铠甲头盔,身负重伤。
- Template:RQ:Jefferies Amateur Poacher
- 极差的,非常糟糕的
- The play was simply ghastly.
- 这出剧非常差。
近义词
编辑- (苍白的): 见Thesaurus:pallid
- (骇人的): lurid
副词
编辑ghastly (不可比)