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deathly

/deth-lee/US // ˈdɛθ li //UK // (ˈdɛθlɪ) //

死亡的,致命的,死气沉沉,死气沉沉的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing death; deadly; fatal.
    • : like death: a deathly silence.
    • : of, relating to, or indicating death; morbid: a deathly odor from the sepulcher.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in the manner of death.
    • : very; utterly: deathly afraid.

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Examples

  • “The streets were deathly quiet as the horses pulled Lincoln’s car, hearse-like, through the dark streets,” Widmer wrote.

  • I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.

  • Part Grim Reaper, part angel, this deathly saint had few followers, and they mostly worshipped in private.

  • Their network of super-elite inbreeding and strategic couplings had united the West in a deathly embrace.

  • Sure, there's that fringe group of weirdos who are deathly afraid of clowns.

  • Hideo Nakata, the world famous Japanese horror film director is deathly afraid of one thing: dark waters.

  • She bent forward, her chin resting upon her breast, and gradually the deathly sickness passed.

  • Deathly pale, the teacher took a step toward the window, but hastily turned, and dashed from the room.

  • Lying there, with hollow cheeks, eyes closed and lips deathly pale, it seemed as if the spirit had already fled.

  • I felt deathly sick, physically sick, fearing she was marked for death, fearing she was reserved for worse than death.

  • And she raised her proud head higher, and looked about her and deep down with deathly eyes.