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

• 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。
• Are you irritated at the red and gruesome pimples?
  你被红色、可怕的丘疹激怒吗？
• 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。
• It was gruesome, from what I understand.
  但就我个人理解，这是很可怕的。
• The gruesome sight sent a shiver down my spine.
  那可怕情景使我的背脊发凉。
• 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。
• The photos were expertly gruesome, they seemed to be pulps of human beings.
  那些照片巧妙地拍得十分阴森恐怖，他们看起来就是人肉。
• A rather gruesome stewed crocodile claw?
  有点可怕的煮鳄鱼爪？