ghastly
英 [gɑːs(t)lɪ]
美[ˈɡæstli]
	    - adj. 可怕的;惨白的;惊人的;极坏的
 - adv. 恐怖地;惨白地
 
英英释意
- 1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror;
 - "ghastly wounds"
 - "the grim aftermath of the bombing"
 - "the grim task of burying the victims"
 - "a grisly murder"
 - "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"
 - "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"
 - "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
 
- 2. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead;
 - "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"
 - "ghastly shrieks"
 - "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"