ghastly

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a. 可怕的, 惨白的, 极坏的 adv. 可怖地, 惨白地

发音

UK /ˈɡɑːs(t).li/
US
其它 /ˈɡas(t).li/
SCOT /ˈɡas(t).li/
US /ˈɡæs(t).li/

词形变化

ghastlier 比较级 ghastlier ghastliest ghastliest 最高级 more ghastly 比较级 most ghastly 最高级

别名

gastly

教材释义与例句

形容词

可怕的；惨白的；惊人的；极坏的

副词

恐怖地；惨白地

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.

  2. 2.

    Horrifyingly shocking.

  3. 3.

    Extremely bad.

    非正式 过时

    The play was simply ghastly.

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London Well, Uncle, it's really been a ghastly mistake from the very beginning.

adv.
  1. 1.

    In a ghastly manner.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 7

sick grim gruesome grisly macabre charnel sepulchral

近义相关 2

offensive alarming

词源

From a conflation of gastly, from Middle English gastly, from gasten (from Old English gǣstan (“to torment, frighten”)) + -ly, and ghostly (which was also spelt gastlich in Middle English). Equivalent to ghast/gast + -ly. Spelling with gh developed in the 16th century due to the conflation.

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