ghastly

英 [ˈɡɑːstli]

美 [ˈɡæstli]

adj.  (因有关疼痛、死亡等而)恐怖的，可怕的，令人毛骨悚然的; 糟透的; 令人不快的; 令人恶心的; 令人反感的; 讨厌的

最高级：ghastliest　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.9722 / COCA.14128

牛津词典

adj.

• （因有关疼痛、死亡等而）恐怖的，可怕的，令人毛骨悚然的
  very frightening and unpleasant, because it involves pain, death, etc.
  1. a ghastly crime/murder
     可怕的罪行 / 谋杀
• 糟透的；令人不快的
  very bad; unpleasant
  1. The weather was ghastly.
     天气糟透了。
  2. It's all been a ghastly mistake.
     这是个极其恶劣的错误。
• 令人恶心的；令人反感的；讨厌的
  that you find unpleasant and dislike very much
  1. her ghastly husband
     她的讨厌的丈夫
  2. This lipstick is a ghastly colour.
     这唇膏的颜色令人恶心。
• 有病；不适；苦恼
  ill/sick or upset
  1. I felt ghastly the next day.
     我第二天感到身体很不舒服。
• 死人般苍白的
  very pale in appearance, like a dead person
  1. His face was ghastly white.
     他的脸色惨白。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人反感的；令人不快的
  If you describe someone or something asghastly, you mean that you find them very unpleasant.
  1. ...a mother accompanied by her ghastly unruly child...
     身边带着一位极难管教的孩子的母亲
  2. It was the worst week of my life. It was ghastly.
     这是我这辈子最倒霉的一周，别提有多烦了。
  3. ...a particularly ghastly murder.
     骇人听闻的谋杀案

英英释义

adj

• shockingly repellent
  1. ghastly wounds
  2. the grim aftermath of the bombing
  3. the grim task of burying the victims
  4. a grisly murder
  5. gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
  6. macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
  7. macabre tortures conceived by madmen
  Synonym:grimgrislygruesomemacabresick
• gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
  1. a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
  2. ghastly shrieks
  3. the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
  Synonym:charnelsepulchral

双语例句

• Who shall say which is more ghastly, the sight of bleached skulls or of dried-up human hearts?
  谁又能说，枯萎的心灵和空无一物的骷髅，究竟哪一样看上去更可怕呢？
• I inquired, still preserving my external composure, in spite of her ghastly countenance, and strange exaggerated manner.
  我问，不管她那鬼样的脸色和古怪的夸张态度，我还是保持我外表上的平静。
• The psychiatrist interpreted John's ghastly dream.
  精神病学医生解释了约翰那可怕的梦。
• The cave of the hill looks ghastly in its depth.
  山洞深处阴森森的。
• That brings ghastly results.
  这将带来可怕的后果。
• After a sleepless night, she looked very ghastly.
  经过一个无眠的夜晚，她看起来非常可怕。
• The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.
  后果不堪设想。
• For a ghastly moment I thought she was going to ask me to stay.
  有那么一霎那我很尴尬地想到她要叫我留下来。
• I feel ghastly about refuse, but I have no alternative.
  我觉得要加以拒绝很不是滋味，但我别无他途。
• Her hairdo and make-up look positively ghastly!
  她的发型和脂粉看上去真令人恶心！