| adj (esp Brit) 用法:
1 extremely cold 极冷的:
I'm perishing! 我冷得要命! *
It's perishing out there. 外面冷极了. *
a period of perishing cold 极冷的一段时间. 用法:
2 (dated sl 旧, 俚) (used to express annoyance 用以表示恼怒) damned, etc 讨厌的; 该死的:
I can't get in I've lost the perishing key! 我进不去--我把该死的钥匙丢了! perishing (also perishingly) adv (sl 俚 esp Brit) (used to emphasize sth bad 用以强调坏事) very 极; 很:
It's perishing/perishingly cold out there. 外面冷极了. *
He's too perishing mean to pay his share. 他小气极了, 连自己的那份钱也不付. |