ghastly

英语

词源

源自古英语 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。

发音

• (英国) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈɡɑːs(t).li/
• (美国) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈɡæs(t).li/

• （美国）音频：

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形容词

ghastly (比较级 ghastlier，最高级 ghastliest)

1. 苍白的，阴沉的，死气沉沉的
   • Template:RQ:Coleridge Ancient Mariner

     Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.

   • 1849–1861，Thomas Babington Macaulay，章号 11, in 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.

     （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
2. 恐怖的，骇人的，惨不忍睹的
   • 1667，John Milton，“Book 6”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books，London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]，→OCLC; 再版为 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […]，London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873，→OCLC:

     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
3. 极差的，非常糟糕的

   The play was simply ghastly.

   这出剧非常差。

近义词

• (苍白的)： 见Thesaurus:pallid
• (骇人的)： lurid

副词

ghastly (无比较级)

1. 苍白地；恐怖地；极差地
   • 1921, William Dudley Pelley, The Fog: A Novel, page 196:

     Johnathan's lips moved ghastly before his voice would come. "So I'm crazy, am I? And if I choose to murder you, what would you do?"