ghastly

ghastly
(ghastlier, ghastliest)
  1. causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre
    可怕的，可怖的；令人毛骨悚然的
    she was overcome with horror at the ghastly spectacle.
    她被眼前可怕的景象吓倒了。
    ■(informal)objectionable; unpleasant
    (非正式)讨厌的，令人不快的
    we had to wear ghastly old-fashioned dresses.
    我们得穿上令人讨厌的老式服装。
  2. extremely unwell
    极其不舒服的
    he always felt ghastly on getting out of bed.
    起床时他总是难受极了。
    ■deathly white or pallid
    （死人般地）苍白，没有血色
    a ghastly pallor.
    没有一丝血色的苍白。
    [as submodifier]he turned ghastly pale and rushed to the bathroom.
    他脸色变得煞白，快步走向洗浴间。
派生
ghastliness
noun
语源
  1. Middle English: from obsolete gast 'terrify', from Old English gǣstan, of Germanic origin; related to ghost. The gh spelling is by association with ghost. The sense 'objectionable' dates from the mid 19th cent
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