ghastly

[GHASTLY]

英 ['ɡɑːstli] 好意思 ['ɡæstli]

adj.可怕的；恐怖的；苍白的；不适的；糟透的；令东谈主不快的adv.可怖地；苍白地

◉词源

古英语 gāstlic → 中古英语 gastly / gastlich愉快：「像阴魂相通的、属于灵魂/阴魂的」 14世纪起安宁演变为「可怕的、令东谈主不寒而栗的」→ 16世纪后主要意旨固定为「苍白的、死东谈主般的、极其可怕的」（常面容色调、风物） 词根：gāst / ghost（古英语：灵魂、阴魂） 后缀：-ly（古英语面容词后缀，暗示“具有……性质的”）

◉外刊例句

① 《The Guardian》， 2024

The ghastly aftermath of the explosion left the street in ruins.

爆炸后的惨烈风物让街谈造成一派废地。

② 《The New York Times》， 2025

He looked ghastly after three sleepless nights.

联贯三晚没睡，他色调苍白得可怕。

◉经典名著

① Mary Shelley – 《Frankenstein》 (1818)

A ghastly grin wrinkled his lips.

他嘴唇上挂着可怕的狞笑。

② Bram Stoker – 《Dracula》 (1897)

The Count's face had a ghastly pallor.

伯爵的脸呈现出死东谈主般的苍白。

◉ Usage Examples

(1) What a ghastly place that house is!

(2) The ghastly sight gave him the shudders.

(3) The sick woman's face was ghastly.

(4) I feel ghastly; I shouldn't have drunk so much!

(5) Windfall taxes are a ghastly idea.

(6) We had a ghastly time at the Chritmas party.

(7) A ghastly bluish light smoldered along its edge.

(8) Caderousse looked full at Fernand--he was ghastly pale.

(1) 那座屋子是个何等可怕的方位啊！

(2) 那恐怖的风物使他感到懦弱。

(3) 那女病东谈主面色苍白。

(4) 我合计很不欢快， 我不该喝那么多!

(5) 不测收入税这个见地糟透了。

(6) 在此次圣诞节联欢会上咱们玩得很活气目。

(7) 它的角落，有一皆带着蓝色的苍白的光，麻将胡了游戏下载至极灰暗。

(8) 卡德鲁斯注释着弗尔南多，弗尔南多的色调白的象一张纸。

◉ Usage Notes

Something that's ghastly isn't just gross. It's shockingly， horrifyingly unpleasant — so gruesome and grisly that it makes you want to puke.

An adjective used to describe that which inspires visions of death and feelings of revulsion， ghastly originated circa 1300. It is very close in meaning to the similarly spelled ghostly. In fact， the word in Old English was originally spelled gastli. But over the years， people confused gastli with ghost， began to adopt the gh- spelling. But don't you forget the "h" - that would be a ghastly spelling error on your part.

◉柯林斯辞书

1[ADJ-GRADED 能被暗示进度的副词或介词词组修饰的面容词]令东谈主反感的；令东谈主不快的 If you describe someone or something as ghastly， you mean that you find them very unpleasant. [INFORMAL 非崇拜]

...a mother accompanied by her ghastly unruly child...

身边带着一位极难管教的孩子的母亲

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。

...a particularly ghastly murder.

耸东谈主听闻的谋杀案麻将胡了游戏下载