hell

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音标发音

英式音标 [hel]
美式音标 [hɛl]
国际音标 [hel]
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基本解释

n. 地狱；究竟（作加强语气词）；训斥；黑暗势力
vi. 过放荡生活；飞驰
int. 该死；见鬼（表示惊奇、烦恼、厌恶、恼怒、失望等）
n. (Hell)人名；(柬)海；(西)埃利；(德、匈、捷、罗、芬、瑞典)黑尔

词源解说

直接源自古英语的helle，意为冥府，死人去的地方。

词根记忆

“嘿哟”→痛苦的呻吟→地狱

同根派生

adj性质的同根词
hellish：地狱的；凶恶的；令人毛骨悚然的。
n性质的同根词
hellion：坏人；应该下地狱的人。

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用法辨析

n. (名词)

hell的基本意思是“地狱”,前面通常不加任何冠词。引申表示“极端痛苦的境地,受苦受难的地方,极不愉快的经历”,其前可加不定冠词。有时hell还可用作感叹词,表示愤怒、惊讶或用以加强语气。
a hell of是强烈表达法,可以指“极好”,也可指“极坏”。
the hell可表示“到底,究竟”,主要用在what,where,when,who,how之后,相当于on earth，表示一种强烈的语气。

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

The preacher warned us about punishment in Hell.
传教士告诫我们在地狱里要受到惩罚。

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词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

catch 〔get〕 hell 挨骂
give sb hell 使某人很不好受,让某人吃苦头
go to hell 完蛋，毁灭；见鬼去吧
go through hell 经受苦难
make sb 's life hell 使某人的日子难过

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

an extremely unpleasant or difficult place, situation, or experience
used to express anger or to add emphasis

柯林斯英英字典

In some religions, hell is the place where the Devil lives, and where wicked people are sent to be punished when they die. Hell is usually imagined as being under the ground and full of flames.
If you say that a particular situation or place is hell, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant.
Hell is used by some people when they are angry or excited, or when they want to emphasize what they are saying. This use could cause offence.
If someone does something for the hell of it, or just for the hell of it, they do it for fun or for no particular reason.
You can use from hell after a noun when you are emphasizing that something or someone is extremely unpleasant or evil.
If you tell someone to go to hell, you are angrily telling them to go away and leave you alone.
If you say that someone can go to hell, you are emphasizing angrily that you do not care about them and that they will not stop you doing what you want.
If you say that someone is going hell for leather, you are emphasizing that they are doing something or are moving very quickly and perhaps carelessly.
Some people say like hell to emphasize that they strongly disagree with you or are strongly opposed to what you say.
Some people use like hell to emphasize how strong an action or quality is.
If you say that all hell breaks loose, you are emphasizing that a lot of arguing or fighting suddenly starts.
If you talk about a hell of a lot of something, or one hell of a lot of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
Some people use a hell of or one hell of to emphasize that something is very good, very bad, or very big.
Some people use the hell out of for emphasis after verbs such as "scare," "irritate," and "beat." (scare)(,)(irritate)(,)(beat)
If you say there'll be hell to pay, you are emphasizing that there will be serious trouble.
To play hell with something means to have a bad effect on it or cause great confusion.
People sometimes use the hell for emphasis in questions, after words such as "what," "where," and "why," often in order to express anger.
If you go through hell, or if someone puts you through hell, you have a very difficult or unpleasant time.
If you say you hope to hell or wish to hell that something is true, you are emphasizing that you strongly hope or wish it is true.
You can say "what the hell" when you decide to do something in spite of the doubts that you have about it.
If you say "to hell with" something, you are emphasizing that you do not care about something and that it will not stop you from doing what you want to do.

专业释义

宗教学

[基督教科学派用语]意识的错误；罪孽

语言学

地狱
The Compson brothers’desires to possess Caddy not only restrain Caddy’s freedom but also their own freedom. They present tragic existential state of“hell is other people”.
康普生兄弟对于凯蒂的占有欲望,不仅限制了凯蒂的自由,同时也束缚了自己的自由,体现了“他人就是地狱”的悲剧生存状况。