| 单词 | eldritch |
| 释义 | eldritch (once / 51389 pages) adj Eldritch things are spooky and weird — they make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. If you're reading a horror or fantasy story, you may see the word eldritch, which means uncanny, unearthly, and weird in a supernatural way. Anything a witch does is eldritch. Goblins and elves are eldritch creatures. A story full of ghosts and strange monsters is full of eldritch elements. You won't find much that's eldritch in a story about lawyers or doctors. Those kinds of stories are more realistic. WORD FAMILYeldritch USAGE EXAMPLESIn the forests of the Alps, hordes of eldritch creatures hid. Los Angeles Times(Nov 25, 2016) There are eldritch screams, agonised physical contortions, highly formal enunciations of speeches and stage directions alike. The Guardian(May 22, 2016) Eldritch creatures capable of reducing the whole world to insensate horror no longer run rampant from continent to continent. Washington Post(Mar 22, 2016) adj suggesting the operation of supernatural influences an eldritch screech Syn uncanny, unearthly, weird supernatural not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material |
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