英语单词 | horrible |
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英美音标 | 英 ['hɒrəbl] 美 ['hɔːrəbl] |
中文释义 | adj.可怕的;令人毛骨悚然的;令人讨厌的 |
英语例句 | (1) His heart sickened at the thought of that horrible scene. (2) Everything is in a horrible muddle. (3) The sight of the battlefield was horrible. (4) Dense fog is always horrible to the driver. (5) Will you stop making that horrible noise! |
中文例句 | (1) 他一想到那种可怕的情景就感到恶心。 (2) 一切都陷入可怕的混乱。 (3) 战场的情景令人毛骨悚然。 (4) 对于路上的司机浓雾总是很讨厌的。 (5) 你别再弄出那种讨厌的响声来行不行。 |
vocabulary简明 | The difference between bad and horrible is like the difference between an unpleasant dream and an awful nightmare. |
vocabulary扩展 | Horrible means "causing horror," and goes back to the Latin word for “tremble” or “shudder.” A horrible thing makes you shake with fear, like a story about an atrocious crime. We also use horrible hyperbolically (which means in an over-the-top way) to criticize things. You might think you look horrible in photos, or that a new TV reality show is horrible. Do you ever wonder if something horrible is hiding in your closet? I mean, besides your plaid suit? |
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]讨厌的;糟透的 If you describe something or someone as horrible, you do not like them at all. [INFORMAL 非正式]
horribly
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人震惊的;使人恐惧的;让人极度反感的 You can call something horrible when it causes you to feel great shock, fear, and disgust.
horribly
3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]极严重的 Horrible is used to emphasize how bad something is. [ADJ n] [emphasis]
horribly
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