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

• 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。
• A gruesome crime in suburban Baltimore.
  巴尔的摩郊区发生一起可怕的犯罪案件。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What I'm inviting you to think about is which one, if you had to choose between these two gruesome scenarios, which one would you rather save?
  这里我要请大家思考的是，哪一个，如果你必须在这两个残忍情境中作出抉择，你会救哪一个？
• 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。
• 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。