beastly

FREQ #20584

a. 野兽的, 残忍的, 令人厌憎的

发音

US /ˈbiːstli/

词形变化

beastlier 比较级 beastlier beastliest more beastly 比较级 beastliest 最高级 most beastly 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.

    英国
  2. 2.

    Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings.

    英国

    beastly culture

  3. 3.

    Abominable; very unpleasant; hideous.

    英国 过时

    beastly weather

    Stop being so beastly to her!

  4. 4.

    Of computer hardware or motor vehicles etc.: ostentatiously powerful.

    英国 俚语

    A very big, very black, and very beastly Hummer H2, Spotted in China in in the rain the great city of Zigong in Sichuan Province.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Like a beast; brutishly.

    英国
  2. 2.

    Very much; terribly.

    英国 非正式 过时

    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados "I'm beastly sorry, Wynn, old man," he muttered. "I ought to have remembered."

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

brutal brute hellish god-awful brutish bestial

近义相关 2

unpleasant inhumane

相关短语

beastly careless

词源

From Middle English bestely, bestly, equivalent to beast + -ly. Compare West Frisian bistachtich (“beastly”), Dutch beestachtig (“beastly”), German biestig (“beastly”).

来源：wiktionary