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ghostly

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ghost·ly /ˈɡəʊstli $ ˈɡoʊst-/ adjective  GHOSTslightly frightening and seeming to be related to ghosts or spirits 幽灵似的,像鬼似的 a ghostly figure in a white dress 幽灵似的穿着白裙子的身影
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ghostlyThis magazine published the story of the Darlington railway ghost as one of the most thrilling of a series of ghostly anecdotes.In the last scene of the play, a ghostly female figure shimmers into the room, her arms laden with books.A ghostly figure hovered at the top of the stairs.Another surprise for passers-by at the entrance to High Wood may be the ghostly figure of a woman!Around it are wide wastes, wan and cold, and meadows of asphodel, presumably strange, pallid, ghostly flowers.The bus roared through Indiana cornfields that night; the moon illuminated the ghostly gathered husks; it was almost Halloween.She felt the touch of a ghostly hand on her shoulder.Humankind may one day join the ghostly parade of defunct species, but the jury on that is still out.Others who visited the line subsequently to share the experience were not favoured to witness the sound of the ghostly train.a ghostly voice
ghost·ly adjectiveChineseSyllable
to seeming be and slightly Corpus related to frightening


ghostly
ghostly /ˈɡəʊstli $ ˈɡoʊst-/ adjective
slightly frightening and seeming to be related to ghosts or spirits:
    a ghostly figure in a white dress


ghost·lyBrE /ˈɡəʊstli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡoʊstli/ 🔊 adjective (ghost·lier, ghost·li·est) looking or sounding like a ghost; full of ghosts 鬼似的;幽灵般的;鬼魂萦绕的a ghostly figure鬼影ghostly footsteps幽灵般的脚步声the ghostly churchyard鬼魂萦绕的教堂墓地