eerie

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a. 怪诞的, 可怕的, 奇异的, 令人迷惑不解的

发音

AU /ˈɪəɹi/
UK /ˈɪəɹi/
US /ˈɪɹi/
US /ˈɪɚi/
US /ˈiɹi/
SCOT /ˈiɹɪ/
SCOT /ˈiɹe/
NZ /ˈiəɹi/
/ˈɛːɹi/

词形变化

eeries 复数 eerier 比较级 eerier eeriest eeriest 最高级

别名

eery

教材释义与例句

形容词

可怕的；怪异的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An eerie creature or thing.

  2. 1.

    Alternative spelling of eyrie.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.

    诡异

    怪异

    森森

    The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.

  2. 2.

    Frightened, timid.

    苏格兰

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

eery

近义相关 3

strange unusual supernatural

词源

From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source. Doublet of argh.

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