| 单词 | deadly |
| 释义 | deadly adj. & adv. --adj (deadlier, deadliest) 1. a causing or able to cause fatal injury or serious damage. b poisonous (deadly snake). 2. intense, extreme (deadly dullness). 3. (of an aim etc.) extremely accurate or effective. 4. deathlike (deadly pale; deadly faintness; deadly gloom). 5. colloq. dreary, dull. 6. implacable. --adv 1. like death; as if dead (deadly faint). 2. extremely, intensely (deadly serious). Phrases and idioms deadly nightshade = BELLADONNA. deadly sin a sin regarded as leading to damnation, esp. pride, covetousness, lust, gluttony, envy, anger, and sloth. Derivatives deadliness n. Etymology: OE deadlic, deadlice (as DEAD, -LY(1)) |
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