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ghastly

英[gɑːs(t)lɪ] 美[ˈɡæstli]
  • adj. 可怕的;惨白的;惊人的;极坏的
  • adv. 恐怖地;惨白地

英英释意


1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror;
"ghastly wounds"
"the grim aftermath of the bombing"
"the grim task of burying the victims"
"a grisly murder"
"gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"
"macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"
"macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
2. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead;
"a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"
"ghastly shrieks"
"the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"