ghastly
adj
(-ier, -iest)
1 [usu attrib 通常作定語]
causing horror or fear 可怕的; 恐怖的
a ghastly accident, experience, fright, murder 可怕的事故、 經歷、 驚嚇、 謀殺.
2 (infml 口) very bad; distasteful 極壞的; 糟透的; 令人反感的
a ghastly error, mess, mistake, etc 極大的過失、 混亂、 錯誤等
Her hairdo and make-up look positively ghastly! 她的發型和脂粉看上去真令人惡心!
What a ghastly man! 多討厭的人!
3 [usu pred 通常作表語]
ill; upset 有病; 不適; 苦惱
I feel ghastly; I shouldn't have drunk so much! 我覺得很不舒服, 我不該喝那麼多!
I felt ghastly about refusing, but I had no alternative. 我覺得要加以拒絕很不是滋味, 但我別無他途.
4 (fml 文) very pale and death-like in appearance 蒼白的; 死一般的
You look ghastly; are you all right? 你臉色很難看, 是不舒服了嗎?
She had a ghastly pallor. 她臉色蒼白難看.
His face was a ghastly white. 他臉色蒼白.