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infernal

/in-fur-nl/US // ɪnˈfɜr nl //UK // (ɪnˈfɜːnəl) //

地狱,地狱式,地狱式的,无间道

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot.
    • : extremely troublesome, annoying, etc.; outrageous: an infernal nuisance.
    • : of, inhabiting, or befitting hell.
    • : Classical Mythology. of or relating to the underworld.

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Examples

  • When we watch a mime seemingly pull rope, climb steps, or try to escape that infernal box, we don't struggle to recognize the implied objects.

  • Infernal, it can cause fires and explosions; toxic, it can debilitate, poison, and kill.

  • He called her “a silly chattering windbag, an infernal liar, a conceited, gushing, rump-wagging, blethering ass.”

  • Egypt is eternal, one might say, but its problems are infernal.

  • That infernal device was much like the ones made from pressure cookers used in Boston.

  • Of course there will be deranged people who will rejoice in their weird conviction of his eternal and infernal roasting.

  • You as a resident in this infernal hole can doubtless suggest a suitable spot for the meeting.

  • Again, the big howitzers led the infernal orchestra pitting the face of no man's land with jet black blotches.

  • Sebastopol was evacuated last night after enduring, for three days, an infernal fire of shot and shell.

  • Not exactly, except that I heard my stepfather denounce the doctor as an infernal cur and blackguard.

  • "You infernal villain, if you don't surrender, I'll blow your brains out," hissed his lordship.