| 单词 | deathly |
| 释义 | deathly (once / 3298 pages) adjadv Something that's deathly reminds you of death. If you dress up as a ghost for Halloween, the makeup on your cheeks might turn your face a deathy shade of gray. A spooky silence can be described as deathly silent, and an unhealthy skin color is often called a deathly pallor. When you shiver, your friend might take your hand and say, "You have a deathly chill." An older meaning of deathly, used especially in literature, was "causing death." The Old English root word is deaþlic, "mortal." WORD FAMILYdeath: deathless, deathlike, deathly, deaths+/deathless: deathlessly/die: death, died, dies, dying/dying: dyingly, dyings, undying/undying: undyingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe Tales of Beedle the Bard play a crucial role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final novel in Rowling’s fantasy series. The Guardian(Dec 13, 2016) He barraged her with texts, sometimes telling her that she needed to talk to him because his mother was deathly ill. The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016) “I didn’t think that she was deathly ill. There was no way of telling that she was deathly ill,” he said in court. Washington Post(Nov 24, 2016) 1adj having the physical appearance of death a deathly pallor Syn deathlike dead no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life 2adj causing or capable of causing death Syn deadly, mortal fatal bringing death 3adv to a degree resembling death he was deathly pale |
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