ghastly
英語
編輯詞源
編輯源自古英語 gǣstan (「驚嚇,折磨」)的衍生詞 + -lic與ghostly(中古英語中亦作「gastlich」)的異文合併。等價於ghast/gast + -ly。16世紀時因異文合併,帶「gh」的拼寫發展起來。
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編輯形容詞
編輯ghastly (比較級 ghastlier,最高級 ghastliest)
- 蒼白的,陰沉的,死氣沉沉的
- Template:RQ:Coleridge Ancient Mariner
- Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, 章號 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.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- package.lua:80: module 'Module:Quotations/en' not found
- Template:RQ:Coleridge Ancient Mariner
- 恐怖的,駭人的,慘不忍睹的
- 1667, John Milton, 「Book 6」, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.
- 遭到亂刀砍穿鎧甲頭盔,身負重傷。
- Template:RQ:Jefferies Amateur Poacher
- 極差的,非常糟糕的
- The play was simply ghastly.
- 這齣劇非常差。
近義詞
編輯- (蒼白的): 見Thesaurus:pallid
- (駭人的): lurid
副詞
編輯ghastly (不可比)