cadaverous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
    — The speakers were three men, rather beyond middle life. One was pale and cadaverous, as if every feature gave testimony to the length of his vigils and the rigour of his fasts, while straight black hair hanging down on each side his face added to his wild and neglected appearance.

词形变化

more cadaverous comparative most cadaverous superlative

词源

From Latin cadāverōsus; compare Middle English cadaverous (“gangrenous, mortified”).
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