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单词 eldritch
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Definition of eldritch in English:

eldritch

adjective ˈɛl(d)rɪtʃˈɛldrɪtʃ
  • Weird and sinister or ghostly.

    怪异的;可怕的;鬼似的

    an eldritch screech

    一声怪异的尖叫声。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And then she joined hands with the other witch, and eldritch force sizzled through them like a river of blue lightning, and my plans changed on the spot.
    • And then, for the first time since she had first appeared in Belloc's garden, she began to sing, in a quiet, penetrating, wordless, altogether eldritch voice.
    • They were part of a promotional kit for the film and irresistible to a collector of the eldritch and the outré.
    • That is still the case, although there is one demure young lass whose eldritch scream would be enough to frighten even the toughest banshee.
    • I need something particularly eldritch, hideous and nameless here.
    • There was a piercing, petrifying, eldritch screech.
    • The name suggests something eldritch is in the offing.
    • The whites beneath her lowered eyes showed as she said this, and for an instant Anest felt as though he spoke, not to his wife, but to a perfect stranger, the purely eldritch creature she had once been.
    • It pulsed under a huge summer moon that cast eldritch light more revealing than sunbeams, though still far kinder.
    • This random disconnection wouldn't have been too much of a problem had not the ISP used a strange and eldritch log on procedure involving the entry of username and password twice.
    Synonyms
    ghostlike, spectral, phantom, wraithlike, phantasmal, phantasmic, unearthly, unnatural, supernatural, other-worldly, insubstantial, illusory, unreal, shadowy, eerie, weird, uncanny, mysterious, magical, mystic, strange, abnormal, freakish

Origin

Early 16th century (originally Scots): perhaps related to elf.

Definition of eldritch in US English:

eldritch

adjectiveˈeldriCHˈɛldrɪtʃ
  • Weird and sinister or ghostly.

    怪异的;可怕的;鬼似的

    an eldritch screech

    一声怪异的尖叫声。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This random disconnection wouldn't have been too much of a problem had not the ISP used a strange and eldritch log on procedure involving the entry of username and password twice.
    • The whites beneath her lowered eyes showed as she said this, and for an instant Anest felt as though he spoke, not to his wife, but to a perfect stranger, the purely eldritch creature she had once been.
    • That is still the case, although there is one demure young lass whose eldritch scream would be enough to frighten even the toughest banshee.
    • They were part of a promotional kit for the film and irresistible to a collector of the eldritch and the outré.
    • I need something particularly eldritch, hideous and nameless here.
    • And then, for the first time since she had first appeared in Belloc's garden, she began to sing, in a quiet, penetrating, wordless, altogether eldritch voice.
    • There was a piercing, petrifying, eldritch screech.
    • It pulsed under a huge summer moon that cast eldritch light more revealing than sunbeams, though still far kinder.
    • The name suggests something eldritch is in the offing.
    • And then she joined hands with the other witch, and eldritch force sizzled through them like a river of blue lightning, and my plans changed on the spot.
    Synonyms
    ghostlike, spectral, phantom, wraithlike, phantasmal, phantasmic, unearthly, unnatural, supernatural, other-worldly, insubstantial, illusory, unreal, shadowy, eerie, weird, uncanny, mysterious, magical, mystic, strange, abnormal, freakish

Origin

Early 16th century (originally Scots): perhaps related to elf.

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