gruesome

英 [ˈɡruːsəm]

美 [ˈɡruːsəm]

adj. 令人厌恶的; 恐怖的; 可怕的

最高级：gruesomest　

GRE TEM8

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

Are you irritated at the red and gruesome pimples?
你被红色、可怕的丘疹激怒吗？
A gruesome setting for the murder.
那谋杀案令人毛骨悚然的背景。
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？
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。
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。
The gruesome sight sent a shiver down my spine.
那可怕情景使我的背脊发凉。
David: Did she tell you the gruesome details?
大卫：她给你说这件事的具体细节了吗？
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。
It's kind of gruesome but we know there are some things you don't need your brain for.
这是某种可怕的但是我们知道有些事情你不需要你的大脑去做。
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。