| 单词 | unearthly |
| 释义 | unearthly (once / 1994 pages) adj Unearthly describes something supernatural — a person or object that seems to come from another world. Unearthly beings are usually mysterious and can sometimes be scary, like the aliens you might see in a science fiction movie. When unearthly was first used in the early 1600s, it meant "heavenly, sublime," a combination of un, meaning "not," and earthly. Unearthly can still be used is to describe something spiritual or having to do with the soul. If you feel an unearthly presence while walking in a cemetery at night, it might be a visitor from "the other side." WORD FAMILYunearthly: unearthlily+/earth: earthed, earthing, earthlike, earthling, earthly, earths, earthy, unearth/earthling: earthlings/earthly: earthlier, earthliest, unearthly/earthy: earthier, earthiest, earthily/unearth: unearthed, unearthing, unearths USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s unearthly in its gauzy beauty, a radio signal from a place beyond dreams. Time(Dec 09, 2016) There is something unearthly about the adorable little town. New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) Dynamics could rocket from unearthly quiet to heaven-storming volume, and tempos were expressively elastic. Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) 1adj suggesting the operation of supernatural influences an unearthly light "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley Syn eldritch, uncanny, weird supernatural not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material 2adj concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul unearthly love Syn spiritual unworldly not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations |
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