单词
ghastly
英 [gɑ?s(t)l?]
美[?ɡ?stli]
基本信息
- adj. 可怕的；惨白的；惊人的；极坏的
- adv. 恐怖地；惨白地
TEM8IELTSGRE低频词扩展词汇
中文词源
ghastly 可怕的
来自ghose, 鬼。
英文词源
- ghastly
- ghastly: [14] Despite its similarity in form and sense, ghastly is not related to ghost. It was formed from the Middle English verb gasten ‘terrify’, which may have been a descendant of the Old English verb g?stan ‘torment’ (source of aghast). The spelling with gh-, based on ghost, was first used by the 16th-century poet Edmund Spenser, and in due course caught on generally.
=> aghast - ghastly (adj.)
- c. 1300, gastlich, "inspiring fear or terror, hideous, shocking," with -lich (see -ly (2)) + gast (adj.) "afraid, frightened," past participle of gasten "to frighten," from Old English g?stan "to torment, frighten" (see ghost (n.)). Spelling with gh- developed 16c. from confusion with ghost. Middle English also had gastful in the same sense, but this is now obsolete. Sidney and Shakespeare also used ghastly as an adverb. Related: Ghastliness.
双语例句
- 1. He was surrounded by people who fed him ghastly lies.
- 他周围的人都在给他灌输可怕的谎言。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. We had a ghastly holiday; it rained all the time.
- 我们的假日过得十分不愉快, 整天下雨.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. When he heard the news, his face took on a ghastly expression.
- 他听到这个消息, 脸色变得很难看.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. It's a ghastly murder I ever heard.
- 那我听过的是可怕的谋杀.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.
- 后果不堪设想.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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