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

• 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。
• The gruesome German game is up.
  那个可怕的德国花招被揭穿了。
• David: Did she tell you the gruesome details?
  大卫：她给你说这件事的具体细节了吗？
• Police faced the gruesome task of looking for the body parts.
  警方面临着寻找尸块的可怕任务。
• 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。
• It was gruesome, from what I understand.
  但就我个人理解，这是很可怕的。
• 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。
• This controversial video aimed at stopping students bunking off school is possibly the most gruesome advert ever.
  这个引起争议的视频目的是为了阻止学生们逃学，这可能是史上最恐怖可怕的广告了吧。
• But the gruesome scenes fueled calls for revenge among Shiites, thousands of whom have rushed to join militias in recent days.
  然而，受到照片中可怕场面的刺激，什叶派呼吁报仇雪恨。最近几天，数千名什叶派穆斯林争相加入了各地的民兵组织。
• Are you irritated at the red and gruesome pimples?
  你被红色、可怕的丘疹激怒吗？