ghastly
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词源[编辑]
源自古英語 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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形容词[编辑]
ghastly(比較級 ghastlier,最高級 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.
- Template:RQ:Macaulay History of England
- 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 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […],London:Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873, OCLC 230729554:
- 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(無比較級)