eerie
/ˈɪəri/ (bre, ipa) · [ˈɪri] /ˈɪri/ (ame, ipa) · [ˈɪri] /ˈir-ē How to pronounce eerie (audio)/ (ame, mw)
eerie — 形容詞
- eeriepositive
- more eeriecomparative
- most eeriesuperlative
1. describes a place, sound, atmosphere, or experience that feels unnaturally quiet
詭異的
怪異到令人害怕，難以解釋的感覺
describes a place, sound, atmosphere, or experience that feels unnaturally quiet, strange, or unsettling, in a way that makes you a little afraid because you cannot quite explain it
Naoko walked through the abandoned hospital and felt an eerie silence in every corridor.
Naoko 走過那間廢棄醫院，覺得每條走廊都瀰漫著一股詭異的寂靜。
common collocation: eerie silence
An eerie blue light glowed from the old well behind Christopher's grandmother's farmhouse.
Christopher 阿嬤老農舍後面的舊井，散發出一道陰森的藍光。
attributive use: eerie + noun (light / glow)
Bilal heard an eerie laugh coming from the empty classroom on the third floor.
Bilal 聽到三樓那間空教室裡傳出一陣詭異的笑聲。
There was something eerie about the way the dolls in Yasmin's attic all faced the same window.
Yasmin 閣樓上那些娃娃全都面向同一扇窗戶，看起來就是有種說不出的詭異。
The forest grew eerie as the fog thickened around the hikers near dusk.
黃昏將近，霧氣在登山客身邊變濃，整片森林開始變得陰森起來。
- creepy
more informal; often used of people or places that make you uncomfortable
- spooky
informal; lighter and often playful, suitable for Halloween or ghost stories
- uncanny
emphasises that something is strangely familiar yet wrong, rather than just frightening
- haunting
stays in your memory after; often used of music, images, or memories rather than live scenes
- ordinary
an ordinary scene has nothing strange or unsettling about it
- reassuring
a reassuring atmosphere makes you feel calm and safe, the opposite of eerie
用法筆記
Frequently modifies nouns of sound, light, silence, atmosphere, or feeling (eerie silence, eerie glow, eerie calm, eerie resemblance). Often appears with linking verbs (was, felt, seemed, grew) when describing a whole scene rather than a single object.