Infernal



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 地狱的; 可恶的
• ［英］ adj. 地狱的 ( of hell) ; 可恶的 ( hateful; outrageous)
• ［记］ infern ( 低) +al -> 低的地方 -> 地狱的
• ［同］ 同根词: inferior ( 低下的)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French enfernal, from Late Latin infernalis, from infernus hell, from Latin, lower, from inferus
• Date: 14th century
• 1. of or relating to a nether world of the dead
• 2.
  • a. of or relating to hell
  • b. hellish, diabolical
• 3. damnable <an infernal nuisance>
• ? infernally adverb

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