ghastly

英語

詞源

源自古英語 gǣstan (「驚嚇，折磨」)的衍生詞 + -lic與ghostly（中古英語中亦作「gastlich」）的異文合併。等價於ghast/gast + -ly。16世紀時因異文合併，帶「gh」的拼寫發展起來。

發音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈɡɑːs(t).li/
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈɡæs(t).li/

• （美國）音頻：

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形容詞

ghastly (比較級 ghastlier，最高級 ghastliest)

1. 蒼白的，陰沉的，死氣沉沉的
   • Template:RQ:Coleridge Ancient Mariner

     Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.

   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, 章號 11, 出自 The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, 卷s (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
2. 恐怖的，駭人的，慘不忍睹的
   • 1667, John Milton, 「Book 6」, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.

     遭到亂刀砍穿鎧甲頭盔，身負重傷。

   • Template:RQ:Jefferies Amateur Poacher
3. 極差的，非常糟糕的

   The play was simply ghastly.

   這齣劇非常差。

近義詞

• (蒼白的)： 見Thesaurus:pallid
• (駭人的)： lurid

副詞

ghastly (不可比)

1. 蒼白地；恐怖地；極差地
   • 1921, William Dudley Pelley, The Fog: A Novel, page 196:

     Johnathan's lips moved ghastly before his voice would come. "So I'm crazy, am I? And if I choose to murder you, what would you do?"