| 释义 |
di·sas·trous
I. \-trəs sometimes -tərəs\ adjective
Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French desastreux, from Old Italian disastroso, from disastro disaster + -oso (from Latin -osus -ous)
1. archaic : subject to or affected by disaster : unlucky, ill-fated
2. archaic : full of unfavorable stellar influences : unpropitious, ill-boding
3. : attended by or productive of suffering or disaster : very unfortunate : calamitous
< a disastrous day >
< a disastrous termination >
Synonyms: see unlucky
II. adjective
: extremely bad : terrible
< she was a disastrous mother — Garry Wills > |