英语单词 | hideous |
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英美音标 | ['hidiəs] |
中文释义 | v.骇人听闻的,可怕的 adj.丑恶的 |
vocabulary简明 | Hideous is a word that means extremely ugly. Anything or anybody that is painful — and a little scary — to look at is hideous. |
vocabulary扩展 | This is a strong word. If you have a zit on your nose, you might feel hideous, but you're probably not. Only terrifyingly ugly people and things are truly hideous. In horror movies, the special effects team tries to make the monsters hideous, so moviegoers will be scared. This word can also be a more general term for awful things. For example, you could say the effects of a concussion are so severe that they're hideous. |
柯林斯星级 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]极难看的;极丑的 If you say that someone or something is hideous, you mean that they are very ugly or unattractive.
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](事件、经历或行动)极可恶的,非常痛苦的,令人难以忍受的 You can describe an event, experience, or action as hideous when you mean that it is very unpleasant, painful, or difficult to bear.
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