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hell

/hel/US // hɛl //UK // (hɛl) //

地狱,地獄,见鬼,地府

Related Words

nightmare噩梦,恶梦,梦魇,寎月purgatory炼狱,煉獄,忏悔所,净化院inferno地狱,地狱般的存在,地狱般的存在感,火焰misery苦难,痛苦,悲哀,忧患abyss深渊,深处,深海,深潭ordeal煎熬,磨难,折磨,苦难underworld冥界,冥府,冥冥之中,冥冥之中自有天意difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重agony苦难,痛苦,苦痛,煎熬perdition灭亡,灭顶之灾,亡国,毁灭trial审判,试验,审理,审判工作suffering痛苦,苦难,煎熬,苦痛torment煎煎熬熬,煎熬,折磨,荼毒grave严重,墓穴,墓葬,墓室affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼pandemonium大闹天宫,大混乱,大恐慌,混乱anguish痛苦,痛楚,苦恼,痛苦的wretchedness凄惨,悲哀,苦难,惨淡经营pit坑,坑内,坑洞,坑位limbo凌波,凌波微步,凌霄阁,凌波仙子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
    • : any place or state of torment or misery: They made their father's life a hell on earth.
    • : something that causes torment or misery: Having that cut stitched without anesthesia was hell.
    • : the powers of evil.
    • : the abode of the dead; Sheol or Hades.
    • : extreme disorder or confusion; chaos: The children let both dogs into the house, and all hell broke loose.
    • : Informal. something remarkable of its kind: That was one hell of a great game.
    • : a receptacle into which a tailor throws scraps.
    • : Also called hellbox. Printing. a box into which a printer throws discarded type.
    • : the utterance of “hell” in swearing or for emphasis.
    • : the hell, Informal.: Why the hell can't the trains run on time?How the hell am I supposed to finish this by tomorrow?: Are you listening to me? The hell you are!
interj.感叹词 interjection
  1. 1
    1. 1
      • : hell around, Slang. to live or act in a wild or dissolute manner: All they cared about was drinking and helling around.

    Phrases

    • hell has no fury like a woman scorned
    • hell of a
    • hell on wheels
    • hell or high water, come
    • hell to pay
    • (all hell) break loose
    • devil (hell) of a
    • for the hell of it
    • give someone hell
    • go to hell
    • hot as hell
    • like a bat out of hell
    • like hell
    • mad as a hornet (hell)
    • not a hope in hell
    • raise Cain (hell)
    • road to hell is paved with good intentions
    • shot to hell
    • snowball's chance in hell
    • till hell freezes over
    • to hell and gone
    • to hell with
    • what the hell

    Synonyms & Antonyms

    nounplace of the condemned; bad situation
    Synonyms
    inferno地狱,地狱般的存在,地狱般的存在感,火焰misery苦难,痛苦,悲哀,忧患nightmare噩梦,恶梦,梦魇,寎月purgatory炼狱,煉獄,忏悔所,净化院gehenna地狱,地府hades阴间,冥府,冥界,幽冥地狱abyss深渊,深处,深海,深潭affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼agony苦难,痛苦,苦痛,煎熬anguish痛苦,痛楚,苦恼,痛苦的difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重grave严重,墓穴,墓葬,墓室limbo凌波,凌波微步,凌霄阁,凌波仙子ordeal煎熬,磨难,折磨,苦难pandemonium大闹天宫,大混乱,大恐慌,混乱perdition灭亡,灭顶之灾,亡国,毁灭pit坑,坑内,坑洞,坑位suffering痛苦,苦难,煎熬,苦痛torment煎煎熬熬,煎熬,折磨,荼毒trial审判,试验,审理,审判工作underworld冥界,冥府,冥冥之中,冥冥之中自有天意wretchedness凄惨,悲哀,苦难,惨淡经营abaddon恶魔,大恶魔,天神,阿丹bottomless pit无底洞everlasting fire永恒之火,永恒的火,长生火,永远的火fire and brimstone炉火纯青,硫磺火,硝烟弥漫,硫磺石hell-fireinfernal regions阴曹地府,冥府,冥界,阴间lower world下层世界,下方世界,下世界,下界nether world阴曹地府,阴间,阴界,阴曹地府的place of torment磨难之地,磨难的地方,苦难之地,磨难之所

    Examples

    • It won’t solve the problem, but it will sure as hell lower the temperature.

    • Given the state of misinformation globally, he has a hell of a repair job ahead.

    • In the second movie, which came out in 1991, Bill and Ted end up on a “bogus journey” that takes them, for whatever reason, to the afterlife — both hell and heaven.

    • Venus is also very similar to Earth in size and composition, yet somehow it has turned into a hell planet.

    • Doing good and doing well cannot be mutually exclusive for us to have a chance in hell at creating the world that we want to live in.

    • Hell, he says Koenig never referred to it as Serial or even as a podcast.

    • The revelation that, at age 42, Ben Affleck has one hell of an ass.

    • How the hell does somebody show up at a David Duke organized event in 2002 and claim ignorance?

    • Hell, one of the Dixie Chicks even offered to Uber her balls over to the company.

    • And, the Chilbosan would make a hell of a comedy movie; “Fawlty Towers” meets the “Great Dictator.”

    • They used to declare that every unbaptised baby would go to Hell and burn for ever in fire and brimstone.

    • The city hell hounds sprang to meet them and the slaughter of inoffensive Europeans began in Darya Gunj.

    • A gentleman does not call his opponents vipers and consign them to hell, but Jahveh is not under any such obligations.

    • Hell below was in an uproar to meet thee at thy coming, it stirred up the giants for thee.

    • To escape from these horrible theories, the Christians (some of them) have thrown over the doctrines of Hell and the Devil.

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