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

• And some of the footage you will see is very gruesome.
  接下来您将会看到一些可怕的镜头。
• 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。
• If these tales have brought your imagination back to life and you want to discover more ghostly and gruesome stories of times past.
  如果这些故事带来了你的想象力回到生活，你想要发现过去的时代和可怕的鬼故事。
• 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。
• The gruesome sight sent a shiver down my spine.
  那可怕情景使我的背脊发凉。
• 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。
• Two years ago, Australia introduced plain packaging – adorned with such gruesome warnings that the adjective hardly fits.
  两年前，澳大利亚还推出了香烟的平装包装，但包装上印制的可怕警示可一点儿也不平淡。
• A gruesome crime in suburban Baltimore.
  巴尔的摩郊区发生一起可怕的犯罪案件。
• Are you irritated at the red and gruesome pimples?
  你被红色、可怕的丘疹激怒吗？
• 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。