单词 | deadly |
释义 | deadly —deadliness, n. /ded"lee/, adj., deadlier, deadliest, adv. adj. 1. causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison. 2. aiming to kill or destroy; implacable: a deadly enemy. 3. like death: a deadly pallor. 4. excruciatingly boring: The dinner party was absolutely deadly. 5. excessive; inordinate: deadly haste. 6. extremely accurate: Annie Oakley was a deadly shot. adv. 7. in a manner resembling or suggesting death: deadly pale. 8. excessively; completely: deadly dull. [bef. 900; ME deedli(ch), OE deadlice. See DEAD, -LY] Syn. 1. See fatal. 4. dull, tedious, tiresome. |
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