eerie
adjective /ˈɪəri/
/ˈɪri/
- strange, mysterious and frightening
怪异的；神秘的；恐怖的 - an eerie yellow light
诡异的黄灯 - I found the silence underwater really eerie.
我发觉水下的寂静很恐怖。 - He had an eerie feeling that he was not alone.
他有一种恐怖的感觉：他不是独自一人。
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词源Middle English (originally northern English and Scots in the sense ‘fearful’): probably from Old English earg ‘cowardly’, of Germanic origin; related to German arg. - an eerie yellow light