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

• On a lonely road one night, the three came across a particularly gruesome traffic accident, in which two young people had been killed on impact.
  一天晚上，在一条人迹罕至的路上，他们一家三口遭遇了一起特别恐怖的交通事故，事故中两个年轻人已经死了。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• David: Did she tell you the gruesome details?
  大卫：她给你说这件事的具体细节了吗？
• Gruesome tales of child murder.
  杀害儿童的可怕故事。
• 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。