unearthly

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ʌnˈɜːθ.li/    美 /ʌnˈɝθ.li/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not of the earth; nonterrestrial.
    — They were, I now saw, the most unearthly creatures it is possible to conceive.
  2. Preternatural or supernatural. figuratively
    — I believe that we are the last human beings who will ever see that unearthly sight.
  3. Strange, enigmatic, or mysterious. figuratively
    — I then set out to survey the town in the self-same palankeen. The houses had all of them an unearthly appearance, by no means consonant to our ideas of Oriental splendor.
  4. Ideal beyond the mundane. figuratively
    — By the late sixteenth century Elizabeth had become the icon-like Virgin Queen of legend, an image created, to a large extent, by her extraordinary, unearthly costume and appearance.
  5. Ridiculous, ludicrous, or outrageous. derogatory,figuratively
    — I see my boys all wearing the same unearthly trousers, the same hair cuts, garish ties and sweaters, all rolling their socks and entertaining the same crazy notions about everything.

词形变化

unearthlier comparative unearthliest superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English earthly
English unearthly
From un- + earthly.
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