beastly

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. UK
  2. Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings. UK
    — beastly culture
  3. Abominable; very unpleasant; hideous. UK,dated
    — beastly weather
  4. Of computer hardware or motor vehicles etc.: ostentatiously powerful. UK,slang
    — In addition to a Core i7-860 with a full-sized heatsink and 4GB of DDR3 RAM, the company showed its SUGO SG07 housing today's most beastly graphics card, the dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970, which is about 30cm long.
副词 adv.
  1. Like a beast; brutishly. UK
    — Beastly he threwe her downe, ne car'd to spill / Her garments gay with scales of fish that all did fill.
  2. Very much; terribly. UK,colloquial,dated
    — "I'm beastly sorry, Wynn, old man," he muttered. "I ought to have remembered."

词形变化

beastlier comparative more beastly comparative beastliest superlative most beastly superlative more beastly comparative most beastly superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
beasterly beastlihead beastlihood beastlily beastliness beastly careless beastlyhead
相关词
nature of the beast

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bestely, bestly, equivalent to beast + -ly. Compare West Frisian bistachtich (“beastly”), Dutch beestachtig (“beastly”), German biestig (“beastly”).
词源 2
From Middle English bestely, bestly, equivalent to beast + -ly. Compare West Frisian bistachtich (“beastly”), Dutch beestachtig (“beastly”), German biestig (“beastly”).
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