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deathly

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++death·ly /ˈdeθli/ adjective, adverb  DEADreminding you of death or of a dead body 死一般的[],让人想到死亡的[]deathly cold/white/pale She was deathly pale, and looked as if she might faint. 她脸色惨白,似乎要晕倒的样子。a deathly hush/silence (=complete silence) 死一般的寂静 A deathly hush fell over the room. 屋里一片死寂。
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deathly cold/white/paleHe was deathly pale and obviously still in the first shock of grief but it had taken him differently.She was lying not far from her fiancé, eyes closed, deathly pale but apparently hardly injured.May become deathly pale if the room is overheated; kick off the bed covers if they are able to.She turned on the external floods, filling the bay with deathly white light.Her daughter-in-law was deathly pale, looking as if she would faint.All he was aware of was the deathly cold of the gun barrel.The weather was deathly cold, the frost nipping at every part of our exposed flesh.He went as thin as a rake, and deathly pale then for a couple of weeks.
death·ly adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus of you or a body of reminding dead death


deathly
deathly /ˈdeθli/ adjective, adverb
 Word Family: noun: dead, death, deadliness; adjective: dead, deadly, deathly; adverb: deadly, deathly; verb: deaden
reminding you of death or of a dead body
    deathly cold/white/pale
    She was deathly pale, and looked as if she might faint.
    a deathly hush/silence (=complete silence)
    A deathly hush fell over the room.


death·lyBrE /ˈdeθli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdeθli/ 🔊 (also less frequent dead·ly) adverblike a dead person; suggesting death 死一般地;让人想到死亡Her face was deathly pale. 她的脸色死一般苍白。🔊🔊The house was deathly still. 房子死寂。🔊🔊 death·ly adjectiveA deathly hush fell over the room as he walked in. 他进去时,房间里变得死一般的寂静。🔊🔊