infernal
adjective /ɪnˈfɜːnl/
/ɪnˈfɜːrnl/
- [only before noun] (old-fashioned) extremely annoying
极讨厌的;可恶的 - Stop that infernal noise!
别那么死命嚷嚷了!
- Stop that infernal noise!
- (literary) connected with hell
地狱的;阴间的 - the infernal regions
阴间。
- the infernal regions
词源late Middle English: from Old French, from Christian Latin infernalis, from Latin infernus ‘below, underground’, used by Christians to mean ‘hell’, on the pattern of inferni (masculine plural) ‘the shades’ and inferna (neuter plural) ‘the lower regions’.