unearthly

Word family noun earth earthling earthiness adjective earthy earthly ≠ unearthly earthen verb unearth adverb earthward(s)

un·earth·ly /ʌnˈɜːθli $ -ˈɜːr-/ adjectiveadj

1 STRANGEvery strange and unnatural, and probably frightening 奇异的，怪异的；可怕的

His eyes shone with an unearthly light.

他眼睛里闪着奇异的光。

2 unearthly hour/time etc informalEARLYLATE very early or very late and therefore extremely inconvenient 早[晚]得不合理的时间等

He suggested a meeting at some unearthly hour of the morning.

他建议一大清早就开会。

Examples from the Corpus

unearthly• From the top of the dunes, the landscape was unearthly.• It was unearthly and he didn't like it, not one little bit.• Rodomonte hardly noticed the magnificent, unearthly architecture preserved so beautifully away from the squalls of the less temperate zones.• She was a lady of unearthly beauty who married a Count of Anjou and bore him four children.• So it goes south to Gath, but it takes the plague with it, together with an unearthly confusion and terror.• The cabin was surrounded by an unearthly green light.• Adams's shapes glow with an unearthly light.• In an unearthly pink light the stage labored on the grade ahead of them.• But La Paca was better known for her claim to a higher, unearthly power.

词汇	unearthly
释义	unearthly Word family noun earth earthling earthiness adjective earthy earthly ≠ unearthly earthen verb unearth adverb earthward(s) un·earth·ly /ʌnˈɜːθli $ -ˈɜːr-/ adjectiveadj 1 STRANGEvery strange and unnatural, and probably frightening 奇异的，怪异的；可怕的 His eyes shone with an unearthly light. 他眼睛里闪着奇异的光。 2 unearthly hour/time etc informalEARLYLATE very early or very late and therefore extremely inconvenient 早[晚]得不合理的时间等 He suggested a meeting at some unearthly hour of the morning. 他建议一大清早就开会。 Examples from the Corpus unearthly• From the top of the dunes, the landscape was unearthly.• It was unearthly and he didn't like it, not one little bit.• Rodomonte hardly noticed the magnificent, unearthly architecture preserved so beautifully away from the squalls of the less temperate zones.• She was a lady of unearthly beauty who married a Count of Anjou and bore him four children.• So it goes south to Gath, but it takes the plague with it, together with an unearthly confusion and terror.• The cabin was surrounded by an unearthly green light.• Adams's shapes glow with an unearthly light.• In an unearthly pink light the stage labored on the grade ahead of them.• But La Paca was better known for her claim to a higher, unearthly power.
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