gruesome
adjective /ˈɡruːsəm/
/ˈɡruːsəm/
- very unpleasant and filling you with horror, usually because it is connected with death or injury
令人厌恶的；恐怖的；可怕的 - a gruesome murder
骇人听闻的谋杀案 - gruesome pictures of dead bodies
恐怖的死人照片 - (humorous) 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。
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词源late 16th cent.: from Scots grue ‘to feel horror, shudder’ (of Scandinavian origin) + -some. Rare before the late 18th cent., the word was popularized by Sir Walter Scott. - a gruesome murder