- Something that's ghastly isn't just gross. It's shockingly, horrifyingly unpleasant — so gruesome and grisly that it makes you want to puke.
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- adj. 可怕的；惨白的；惊人的；极坏的
- adv. 恐怖地；惨白地
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1. The tunnels are known as the catacombs or the Empire of Death, and all visitors are disquieted by their ghastly contents.
这些地道被称作地下墓穴或者死亡帝国，所有到这里的到访者都被里面可怕的内容弄得焦虑不安。
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2. This morning, when I came down, about half an hour before noon, Mr Earnshaw was sitting by the fire, deadly sick; his evil genius, almost as gaunt and ghastly, leant against the chimney.
今天早上，我下楼时，大概还有半个钟点就到中午了。 恩萧先生坐在炉火旁，病得很重；那个恶魔的化身，差不多一样地憔悴、惨白，身子倚着烟囱。
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3. I cannot believe how just one look at this Zebra &Hot Pink High Heel Shoe Chair brings back memories of big hair, splattered make-up, bushy eye-brows and ghastly denims.
虽然只对这个斑马纹亮粉色的高跟鞋椅子看了一眼，却想起了当年的蓬松发型、大浓妆、大粗眉和可怕的工装裤，这真让人难以置信。
- ghastly (adj.) c. 1300, gastlich, "inspiring fear or terror, hideous, shocking," with -lich (see -ly (2)) + gast (adj.) "afraid, frightened," past participle of gasten "to frighten," from Old English gæstan "to torment, frighten" (see ghost (n.)). Spelling with gh- developed 16c. from confusion with ghost. Middle English also had gastful in the same sense, but this is now obsolete. Sidney and Shakespeare also used ghastly as an adverb. Related: Ghastliness.
ghastly / ˈɡɑːstli ; NAmE ˈɡæstli / adjective ( ghast·lier , ghast·li·est ) 1 (of an event 事情 ) very frightening and unpleasant, because it involves pain, death, etc. （因有关疼痛、死亡等而）恐怖的，可怕的，令人毛骨悚然的 SYN horrible ◆ a ghastly crime/murder 可怕的罪行╱谋杀 2 ( informal) (of an experience or a situation 经历或形势 ) very bad; unpleasant 糟透的；令人不快的 SYN terrible ◆ The weather was ghastly. 天气糟透了。 ◆ It's all been a ghastly mistake. 这是个极其恶劣的错误。 3 ( informal) (of a person or thing 人或物 ) that you find unpleasant and dislike very much 令人恶心的；令人反感的；讨厌的 SYN horrible ◆ her ghastly husband 她那讨厌的丈夫 ◆ This lipstick is a ghastly colour. 这唇膏的颜色令人恶心。 4 [not usually before noun ] ill/sick or upset 有病；不适；苦恼 SYN terrible ◆ I felt ghastly the next day. 我第二天感到身体很不舒服。 5 ( literary) very pale in appearance, like a dead person 死人般苍白的 ◆ His face was ghastly white. 他的脸色惨白。 ghastly ghastlier ghastliest ghastly / ˈɡɑːstli ; NAmE ˈɡæstli /
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