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

单词	eerie
释义	ee·rie adjective also ee·ry \ˈirē, ˈēr-, -ri\ (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) eri, from Old English earg cowardly, lazy, slow, wretched — more at argh 1. dialect Britain : affected with fear especially of the supernatural : frightened < when I sleep I dream, when I wake I'm eerie — Robert Burns > 2. : unusual, unexpected, or unnatural to such a degree as to inspire fear : weird, frightening < it is an eerie experience to drive for miles through ghostly ranks of … cypress woods — American Guide Series: Florida > < an uncomfortable and eerie stillness had settled over the piazza — Alan Moorehead > also : strange, mysterious, uncanny < blue and yellow flames that at night cast an eerie glow over the landscape — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < the eeriest mystery in modern court records — a persistent riddle — Life > < the clarinet sings, in its eerie, plaintive tone — Sara R. Watson > 3. Scotland : gloomy, dismal Synonyms: see weird
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