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unearthliness

/uhn-urth-lee/US // ʌnˈɜrθ li //UK // (ʌnˈɜːθlɪ) //

出土性,出土文物,出土,出土物

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : seeming not to belong to this earth or world: unearthly beauty.
    • : supernatural; ghostly; unnaturally strange; weird: an unearthly scream.
    • : out of the ordinary; unreasonable or absurd: to get up at an unearthly hour.

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Examples

  • Wind and water-shaped Ishi Wilderness’ 42,079 acres of surreal scenery, from basaltic outcroppings to unearthly lava formations.

  • After passing through a region of silence and blindness the spectator slid into the seat and submitted to an unearthly visitation.

  • Huge, dim forms rushed alongside the embankment, making unearthly sounds.

  • Again that wild unearthly sound rustled among the bushes, and the dog broke out into a long dismal howl.

  • The sky was cloudless and the silver rays of a nearly full moon lit up the scene with an unearthly beauty.

  • He would go alone if he must; no barricade of unearthly beasts could hold him from the great adventure.

  • That unearthly silence still brooded over the great river and lonely forest.