hellish

英 [ˈhelɪʃ]

美 [ˈhelɪʃ]

adj.  极不愉快的

BNC.21525 / COCA.18113

牛津词典

adj.

• 极不愉快的
  extremely unpleasant

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 地狱般的;讨厌的;可憎的
  You describe something ashellishto emphasize that it is extremely unpleasant.
  1. The atmosphere in Washington is hellish...
     华盛顿的气氛令人憎恶。
  2. I'm sure you will remember from the hellish years of your boyhood.
     我相信你一定记得自己梦魇般的童年时代的事情。
• ADV …得要命;…得够呛
  You usehellishto emphasize an unpleasant quality or its great extent.
  1. It's hellish cold up here in winter.
     这里的冬天冷得要命。

英英释义

adj

• extremely evil or cruel
  1. something demonic in him--something that could be cruel
  2. fires lit up a diabolic scene
  3. diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils
  4. a fiendish despot
  5. hellish torture
  6. infernal instruments of war
  7. satanic cruelty
  8. unholy grimaces
  Synonym:demonicdiabolicdiabolicalfiendishinfernalsatanicunholy
• very unpleasant
  1. hellish weather
  2. stop that god-awful racket
  Synonym:beastlygod-awful

双语例句

• I had such a hellish time on holiday in Magaluf-the Spanish resort is just full of drunk British, German and Dutch people.
  我在Magaluf度假过的糟糕透了&那个西班牙度假胜地到处都是喝得烂醉的英国人、德国人和荷兰人。
• The weather's been hellish recently.
  近来的天气真叫人够受了！
• Her eyes will fill with hellish visions.
  她的眼中会出现幻觉。
• His is a hellish promiscuity, desperate not so much for love as for loss.
  那是地狱般混乱的爱欲沉沦，爱比不爱更绝望。
• I'm sure you will remember from the hellish years of your boyhood.
  我相信你一定记得自己梦魇般的童年时代的事情。
• I'm going to Canberra University. His schooldays were hellish.
  我准备去堪培拉大学。他的学生时代苦不堪言。
• Amazingly, once you leave the hellish work atmosphere, you suddenly feel energized and ready to run a marathon.
  令人惊奇的是，一旦你离开工作环境，便突然觉得自己神采飞扬，甚至能跑个马拉松。
• The hellish traffic swirls all round the church but inside there is calm.
  教堂四周到处是嘈杂的车水马龙，里面倒很宁静。
• Experienced a failure, I know Bryant will hellish training in the summer.
  经历了这次失败，我知道科比又会在夏天展开地狱般的训练。
• It's hellish being a student without a grant.
  作为一名没有助学金的学生是很够呛的。