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gruesome

美音:[´gru:səm ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´gru:səm ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
adj.可怕的,可憎的,令人厌恶的

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gruesome为短语/超纲词汇

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名词:gruesomeness 副词:gruesomely

gruesome


/'gru:səm; `ˇrusəm/
adj filling one with horror or disgust; frightful 令人恐怖的; 讨厌的; 可怕的
*After the slaughter, the battlefield was a gruesome sight. 经过这场厮杀, 战场上一派触目惊心的惨状.

gruesome


adj
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: grue 'to shake (with fear)' (14-19 centuries), from Middle Dutch gruwen]
very unpleasant or shocking, and involving someone being killed or badly injured
 Police described it as a particularly gruesome attack.
 Spare me the gruesome details.
>gruesomelyadv
1. After the slaughter, the battlefield was a gruesome sight.
    经过这场厮杀, 战场上一派触目惊心的惨状.

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