单词 | otherworldly |
释义 | otherworldly (ʌðəʳwɜːʳldli ) also other-worldly adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Otherworldly people, things, and places seem strange or spiritual, and not much connected with ordinary things. They encourage an image of the region as an otherworldly sort of place. ...a strange, other-worldly smile. Collocations: almost otherworldly There was a delicateness to his finely-made face bones, an almost otherworldly grace. THE BROKEN GOD And ours was a rare, almost otherworldly connection. The Sun (2016) Today's are so shiny, they are almost otherworldly. The Sun (2011) There were eight hares, two leverets, a fox and a badger converging on the same spot while bats circled overhead, all captured in ghostly white, otherworldly beauty. Times, Sunday Times The pictures have an ethereal, otherworldly beauty; the colours, a faded, pastel, dreamlike quality. Times, Sunday Times The four goddesses are defined by their otherworldly beauty. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The country's otherworldly landscape of lava fields, geysers and waterfalls has surely also shaped the collective psyche. Times, Sunday Times Teaming up with a local expert, he visits epic, otherworldly landscapes, and there are plenty of belly laughs along the way. The Sun Most of his paintings depict huge flowers or otherworldly landscapes, and they have been recognized for the bold use of color and their energy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That's not to say it's overly sentimental, it just has a strange, otherworldly quality — favouring wonder and innocence — over reality — that creates a beautiful, warm, charming movie. The Sun But this album keeps that spinetingling, otherworldly quality they do better than anyone else. The Sun For me there was an otherworldly quality to it, part charming, part confounding. Times, Sunday Times He liked their spooky, otherworldly quality. Times, Sunday Times And until we grow used to it - physiologists suggest it takes as much as a fortnight - the otherworldly qualities of this peculiar moment will strike our senses afresh. Times, Sunday Times Builds to a maelstrom of elements, fusing into an otherworldly sound. The Sun The otherworldly sound, soft as snow, appeared as if from nowhere, with the singers still seated. Times, Sunday Times They are often accused of using keyboards on their albums, an honest mistake due to the otherworldly sound that they achieve. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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