| 单词 | deathly |
| 释义 | deathly (deθli ) 1. adverb [ADVERB adjective] If you say that someone is deathly pale or deathly still, you are emphasizing that they are very pale or still, like a dead person. [literary, emphasis] Bernadette turned deathly pale. She lay deathly still. 2. graded adverb [ADVERB adjective] If you say that someone is deathly afraid, you are emphasizing that they are very afraid. You can also say that someone or something is deathly silent, dull, boring, cold, or tired. [literary, emphasis] He is deathly afraid of black crows. I took a deathly dull job. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you say that there is a deathly silence or a deathly hush, you are emphasizing that it is very quiet. [literary, emphasis] A deathly silence hung over the square. Collocations: deathly pale It was a face so deathly pale, so cadaverously thin, with such burning dark eyes, that I recognized it right away. MY BABYSITTER HAS FANGS She looked deathly pale but there was no sign of blood. The Glasgow Girls (1994) Human forms looked big and heavy against the deathly pale gray. Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995) I thought my deathly pale face made me look awful. The Sun (2009) He looked deathly pale now. The Glasgow Girls (1994) In e-mail interviews, she has talkedof 'this unendurable loneliness, this uncertaintyandthis deathly silence'. Times, Sunday Times The journalist who tweeted the account said that the audience listened 'stony faced' and responded with a 'deathly silence'. Times, Sunday Times He felt that both had a deathly silence and both were houses of the deceased. Times, Sunday Times There was a deathly silence as bricks carried on hitting me. The Sun There was a deathly silence as volunteers and party workers contemplated the implications of what they were witnessing. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 死一般地, 死寂的 Japanese: 死人のように, 死人のような |
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