"ghastly" 怎么发音

word

US

/ˈɡæstɫi/

GAST-lee

UK

/ɡˈɑːstli/

GAHST-lee

释义

Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or frightening. Can describe something horrific in a serious way or something terrible in a more informal, exaggerated way.

IPA 音标

美式英语

/ˈɡæstɫi/

英式英语

/ɡˈɑːstli/

简化发音

美式

GAST-lee

英式

GAHST-lee

语境中听

The accident scene was absolutely ghastly.

She made a ghastly mistake by sending the email to the wrong person.

You look ghastly — are you feeling alright?

The hotel was advertised as luxurious, but in reality it was absolutely ghastly.