| 单词 | hellish |
| 释义 | hellish (helɪʃ ) 1. adjective You describe something as hellish to emphasize that it is extremely unpleasant. [informal, emphasis] The last few weeks have been hellish. I'm sure you will remember from the hellish years of your boyhood. 2. adverb [ADVERB adjective] You use hellish to emphasize an unpleasant quality or its great extent. [informal, old-fashioned, emphasis] It's hellish cold up here in winter. Synonyms: very, extremely, terribly, seriously [informal] Collocations: hellish scene There, the pleasures of the flesh delight both its human inhabitants and the viewer, before the consequences of human greed are manifest in the hellish scene to the right. Times, Sunday Times Hellish scenes were reported inside police headquarters, where about 200 soldiers and police were holding out against the insurgents after two days of fighting. Times, Sunday Times Rescuers continued the search for survivors amid hellish scenes, while hospitals struggled to cope with the thousands of injured. The Sun The banking sector has had a hellish year. Times, Sunday Times This has been a hellish year for many. Times,Sunday Times This latest inflation-busting hike of 3.2 per cent comes after a hellish year in which rail passengers suffered strikes, timetable chaos and hugely disruptive engineering works. The Sun |
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