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

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。
A gruesome setting for the murder.
那谋杀案令人毛骨悚然的背景。
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。
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。
One third of parents said their children have been left in tears after hearing the gruesome details of Little Red Riding Hood.
三分之一的父母说，他们的孩子在听到《小红帽》中阴森恐怖的情节后被吓哭了。
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 was gruesome, from what I understand.
但就我个人理解，这是很可怕的。
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。
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。
Gruesome evidence of human sacrifice;
人类牺牲的可怕证据；