英语词汇“eerie”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

eerie

/ˈɪəri

adjective (eerier, eeriest)

Strange and frightening: an eerie green glow in the sky...

Backstage is strangely eerie, so I go to my dressing-room for some quiet time.
The room was dark, except for an eerie glow of green from a weak neon lamp on the ceiling.
They are concerned for elderly neighbours who can be left terrified by the eerie silences on the end of the phone.

Synonyms

uncanny, sinister, ghostly, spectral, unnatural, unearthly, preternatural, supernatural, other-worldly, unreal, mysterious, strange, abnormal, odd, curious, queer, weird, bizarre, freakish;

frightening, spine-chilling, hair-raising, blood-curdling, scaring, terrifying, petrifying, chilling;

Scottish eldritch

informal creepy, scary, spooky, freaky

British informal rum

Derivatives

eeriness

/ˈɪərɪnəs

/ noun ...

There was an aura of strangeness around the set, a sort of quiet eeriness to it all.
I'm thinking of the score Philip Glass did for Dracula and how it brought the film to a whole new level of eeriness, an emotional impact that I don't think it ever achieved before that.
But, today there was just this eeriness about the place that I could not explain and office space was being given away for $0.50 per square foot.

Origin

Middle English (originally northern English and Scots in the sense 'fearful'): probably from Old English earg 'cowardly', of Germanic origin; related to German arg.

The word eerie ‘strange and frightening’ was originally northern English and Scots in the sense ‘fearful’. The focus then moved from feelings of fear to the cause of the fear. It probably comes from Old English earg ‘cowardly’.

单词	eerie
释义	eerie /ˈɪəri / adjective (eerier, eeriest) Strange and frightening: an eerie green glow in the sky... Backstage is strangely eerie, so I go to my dressing-room for some quiet time. The room was dark, except for an eerie glow of green from a weak neon lamp on the ceiling. They are concerned for elderly neighbours who can be left terrified by the eerie silences on the end of the phone. Synonyms uncanny, sinister, ghostly, spectral, unnatural, unearthly, preternatural, supernatural, other-worldly, unreal, mysterious, strange, abnormal, odd, curious, queer, weird, bizarre, freakish; frightening, spine-chilling, hair-raising, blood-curdling, scaring, terrifying, petrifying, chilling; Scottish eldritch informal creepy, scary, spooky, freaky British informal rum Derivatives eeriness /ˈɪərɪnəs / noun ... There was an aura of strangeness around the set, a sort of quiet eeriness to it all. I'm thinking of the score Philip Glass did for Dracula and how it brought the film to a whole new level of eeriness, an emotional impact that I don't think it ever achieved before that. But, today there was just this eeriness about the place that I could not explain and office space was being given away for $0.50 per square foot. Origin Middle English (originally northern English and Scots in the sense 'fearful'): probably from Old English earg 'cowardly', of Germanic origin; related to German arg. The word eerie ‘strange and frightening’ was originally northern English and Scots in the sense ‘fearful’. The focus then moved from feelings of fear to the cause of the fear. It probably comes from Old English earg ‘cowardly’. Rhymes beery, bleary, cheery, dearie, dreary, Dun Laoghaire, eyrie (US aerie), Kashmiri, leery, peri, praemunire, query, smeary, teary, theory, weary
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eerie

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eeriness

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