Baleful
['beɪlfʊl;-f(ə)l]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; 'a baleful look'; 'forbidding thunderclouds'; 'his tone became menacing'; 'ominous rumblings of discontent'; 'sinister storm clouds'; 'a sinister smile'; 'his threatening behavior'; 'ugly black clouds'; 'the situation became ugly' .
(adj.) deadly or sinister; 'the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look' .
伊莱錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.
(a.) Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.
阿德拉錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Hurtful, injurious, noxious, mischievous, pernicious, baneful, ruinous, deadly, fraught with evil.
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例句/造句/用法:
- As an incontrovertible proof that those baleful attributes were all there, Mrs Wilfer shuddered on the spot. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Salerno cast a baleful light upon Rome. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I used to feel it like a baleful air or sigh, penetrate deep, and make motion pause at my heart, or proceed only under unspeakable oppression. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Then Rebecca's twinkling green eyes and baleful smile lighted upon her, and filled her with dismay. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Issus glared at him, a baleful light in her hideous eyes. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Sleep was coy and hard to be won; dreams were distressing and baleful. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- His face set hard, and a baleful light sprang up in his grey eyes. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I have but an indistinct idea of what happened for some time after this baleful object presented itself to my view. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
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