ghastly
英[gɑːs(t)lɪ]
美[ˈɡæstli]
- adj. 可怕的；惨白的；惊人的；极坏的
- adv. 恐怖地；惨白地
英英释意
- 1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror;
- "ghastly wounds"
- "the grim aftermath of the bombing"
- "the grim task of burying the victims"
- "a grisly murder"
- "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"
- "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"
- "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
- 2. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead;
- "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"
- "ghastly shrieks"
- "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"