- 1極其、醜得嚇人地（常當負面加強詞，不一定在講外表，例如 hideously expensive）
Hideously is the adverb from hideous. It means in a way that is extremely ugly or extremely unpleasant. You can put it in front of an adjective to make that adjective much louder: hideously ugly, hideously expensive, hideously . When people say hideously expensive, they are not talking about looks. They are using it as a strong very, and in a bad way. That stretch is common in speech and magazines. Next to a verb it often stays closer to the old sense: the wound was hideously swollen. It is still a dramatic word, heavier than just very.
core核心畫面
組成From hideous + -ly, the usual English way to turn an adjective into an adverb. Hideous itself comes from old French words for horror, not from hide.
同家族的字
- hideousthe adjective this adverb is built from
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hideouslyadv/ˈhɪd.i.əs.li/
- 1
In a hideous manner.
- 2
To an extreme degree.
- Speaking now as a condemned criminal might speak ere the drop-bolts are drawn, my story, wild and hideously improbable as it may appear, demands at least attention.
- Pack a larger-than-normal hypochondria kit that includes sunscreen, plastic bandages and allergy pills. Such things are hard to find or hideously expensive.
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