looking or sounding like a ghost; full of ghosts 鬼似的;幽灵般的;鬼魂萦绕的 a ghostly figure 鬼影 ghostly footsteps 幽灵般的脚步声 the ghostly churchyard 鬼魂萦绕的教堂墓地 The airfield was bathed in the ghostly glow of a searchlight. 机场沐浴在探照灯幽灵般的光芒中。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGhostly is used with these nouns:- echo
- figure
- glow
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Word OriginOld English gāstlic, from gāst ‘ghost’.