gruesome

英 [ˈɡruːsəm]

美 [ˈɡruːsəm]

adj.  令人厌恶的; 恐怖的; 可怕的

最高级：gruesomest　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14357 / COCA.11393

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人厌恶的；恐怖的；可怕的
  very unpleasant and filling you with horror, usually because it is connected with death or injury
  1. a gruesome murder
     骇人听闻的谋杀案
  2. gruesome pictures of dead bodies
     恐怖的死人照片
  3. We spent a week in a gruesome apartment in Miami.
     我们在迈阿密一套糟糕透顶的公寓里住了一星期。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人厌恶的；恐怖的；令人震惊的
  Something that isgruesomeis extremely unpleasant and shocking.
  1. There has been a series of gruesome murders in the capital.
     在首都发生了一连串让人毛骨悚然的谋杀案。

英英释义

adj

• shockingly repellent
  1. ghastly wounds
  2. the grim aftermath of the bombing
  3. the grim task of burying the victims
  4. a grisly murder
  5. gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
  6. macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
  7. macabre tortures conceived by madmen
  Synonym:ghastlygrimgrislymacabresick

双语例句

• It is us, the people, who have forgotten the meaning of love and have undertaken such gruesome apathy.
  而是我们，那些已经忘记了爱的含义，已经变地冷漠的可怕的人类才应该对此负责。
• Are you irritated at the red and gruesome pimples?
  你被红色、可怕的丘疹激怒吗？
• A gruesome setting for the murder.
  那谋杀案令人毛骨悚然的背景。
• He was kept in a gruesome prison, and intermittently tortured, for five-and-a-half years.
  他被关押在一间令人毛骨悚然的监狱里，受尽折磨，这一关就是五年半。
• Mass murders hold a gruesome fascination for the public.
  大规模凶杀案既令公众毛骨悚然又叫他们着迷。
• And according to our gruesome graphic, high heels can affect everything from your back to your battered toes.
  同时，根据这张可怕的图表，高跟鞋对你的影响是从后背到脚趾的。
• It was gruesome, from what I understand.
  但就我个人理解，这是很可怕的。
• People will ask us: I've read your books and read your brother's books and they're so gruesome.
  大家爱问我们：我读了你的书，也读了你哥哥（弟弟）的书，看得让人毛骨悚然。
• There have been reports of more gruesome murders, but there has also been a lot of revenge killing, random violence, and calls for civil war.
  经常有报告指出发现了更多恐怖的谋杀，其中也不泛报复性地杀戮行为，整个城市都在胡乱地使用暴力，内战一触即发。
• The 11-year-old terrier nearly lost an ear and suffered several gruesome bites.
  可怜的Max是一只11岁的小梗犬，它几乎丢了一只耳朵，身上也有多处严重咬伤。