| 释义 |
ˈhellishing, ˈhellishun, a. and adv. slang (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.).
Used as intensive adj. or adv.: terrible; very. Cf. hangashun s.v. hang n. 6.
1931Amer. Speech VI. 434 He seems to be in a hellishin' hurry about something. This is a hellishin' fine time to tell us about it. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 35 Hellishun, an intensive used widely by children. 1950Landfall IV. 38 It's hellashin funny. 1967K. Giles Death & Mr. Prettyman vii. 145 The journey was as hellishing as he remembered. 1968E. McGirr Lead-Lined Coffin iii. 114, I don't know that anybody..has any knowledge of how hellishing thorough we are. |