hellish

英 [ˈhelɪʃ]

美 [ˈhelɪʃ]

adj.  极不愉快的

BNC.21525 / COCA.18113

牛津词典

adj.

• 极不愉快的
  extremely unpleasant

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 地狱般的;讨厌的;可憎的
  You describe something ashellishto emphasize that it is extremely unpleasant.
  1. The atmosphere in Washington is hellish...
     华盛顿的气氛令人憎恶。
  2. I'm sure you will remember from the hellish years of your boyhood.
     我相信你一定记得自己梦魇般的童年时代的事情。
• ADV …得要命;…得够呛
  You usehellishto emphasize an unpleasant quality or its great extent.
  1. It's hellish cold up here in winter.
     这里的冬天冷得要命。

英英释义

adj

• extremely evil or cruel
  1. something demonic in him--something that could be cruel
  2. fires lit up a diabolic scene
  3. diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils
  4. a fiendish despot
  5. hellish torture
  6. infernal instruments of war
  7. satanic cruelty
  8. unholy grimaces
  Synonym:demonicdiabolicdiabolicalfiendishinfernalsatanicunholy
• very unpleasant
  1. hellish weather
  2. stop that god-awful racket
  Synonym:beastlygod-awful

双语例句

• His schooldays were hellish.
  他的学生时代苦极了。
• The best thing about the lunch break: I get to remove those hellish contacts.
  午餐休息时间最好的事情就是：我可以把那些看起来无比凶残的隐形眼镜给摘了。
• I'm going to Canberra University. His schooldays were hellish.
  我准备去堪培拉大学。他的学生时代苦不堪言。
• Were the roads as hellish as I told you?
  路是不是象我告诉你的那么难找？
• It's hellish cold up here in winter.
  这里的冬天冷得要命。
• His is a hellish promiscuity, desperate not so much for love as for loss.
  那是地狱般混乱的爱欲沉沦，爱比不爱更绝望。
• By extension, the celestial light and hellish darkness occur in postlapsarian Garden of Eden.
  更有甚者，天堂的光明和地狱的黑暗，两者意象同时出现在伊甸乐园里面。
• These dark warriors adore havoc and death, and from within the hellish depths of their caverns and the fortifications of their castle they reach out to strike against the White Knights.
  这些黑暗武士崇拜的破坏和死亡，并且是在地狱深处的溶洞和防御工事的城堡，他们接触反击白骑士。
• It's hellish being a student without a grant.
  作为一名没有助学金的学生是很够呛的。
• Amazingly, once you leave the hellish work atmosphere, you suddenly feel energized and ready to run a marathon.
  令人惊奇的是，一旦你离开工作环境，便突然觉得自己神采飞扬，甚至能跑个马拉松。