ghastly
英 [gɑ?s(t)l?]
美 [?ɡ?stli]
- adj. 可怕的；慘白的；驚人的；極壞的
- adv. 恐怖地；慘白地
中文詞源
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He was surrounded by people who fed him ghastly lies.
- 他周圍的人都在給他灌輸可怕的謊言。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We had a ghastly holiday; it rained all the time.
- 我們的假日過得十分不愉快, 整天下雨.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. When he heard the news, his face took on a ghastly expression.
- 他聽到這個消息, 臉色變得很難看.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. It's a ghastly murder I ever heard.
- 那我聽過的是可怕的謀殺.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.
- 后果不堪設想.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》