strange and frightening 诡异的,(因怪诞而)引起恐惧的 an eerie green glow in the sky. 天空中诡异的绿光。
派生 eerily adverb
[as submodifier]it was eerily quiet. 静得令人害怕。
eeriness noun 语源
Middle English (originally northern English and Scots in the sense 'fearful'): probably from Old English earg 'cowardly', of Germanic origin; related to German arg