hellish
英 ['helɪʃ] 美 ['hɛlɪʃ]
- adj. 地狱的；凶恶的；令人毛骨悚然的
中文词源
hellish 地狱般的，极不愉快的
比喻用法。
英文词源
- hellish (adj.)
- 1520s, from hell + -ish. Related: Hellishly; hellishness. Earlier in same sense were helli "helly" (late 12c.); hellen "hellish, infernal" (c. 1200), with -en (2); and Old English hellic.
双语例句
- 1. I'm sure you will remember from the hellish years of your boyhood.
- 我相信你一定记得自己梦魇般的童年时代的事情。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It's hellish cold up here in winter.
- 这里的冬天冷得要命。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The atmosphere in Washington is hellish.
- 华盛顿的气氛令人憎恶。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. It was a hellish thing to do.
- 做那种事真讨厌极了.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. Were the roads as hellish as I told you?
- 路是不是象我告诉你的那么难找?
来自电影对白