• adj. 地獄的；兇惡的；令人毛骨悚然的

比喻用法。

hellish (adj.)

1520s, from hell + -ish. Related: Hellishly; hellishness. Earlier in same sense were helli "helly" (late 12c.); hellen "hellish, infernal" (c. 1200), with -en (2); and Old English hellic.

1. I'm sure you will remember from the hellish years of your boyhood.

我相信你一定記得自己夢魘般的童年時(shí)代的事情。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It's hellish cold up here in winter.

這里的冬天冷得要命。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The atmosphere in Washington is hellish.

華盛頓的氣氛令人憎惡。

來自柯林斯例句

4. It was a hellish thing to do.

做那種事真討厭極了.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. Were the roads as hellish as I told you?

路是不是象我告訴你的那么難找?

來自電影對白