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grim a.冷酷的，可怕的 grim (adj.) Old English grimm "fierce, cruel, savage, dire, painful," from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German, German grimm, Old Norse grimmr, Swedish grym "fierce, furious"), from PIE *ghrem- "angry," perhaps imitative of the sound of rumbling thunder (compare Greek khremizein "to neigh," Old Church Slavonic vuzgrimeti "to thunder," Russian gremet' "thunder").A weaker word now than once it was; sense of "dreary, gloomy" first recorded late 12c. It also had a verb form in Old English, grimman (class III strong verb; past tense gramm, p.p. grummen). Old English also had a noun, grima "goblin, specter," perhaps also a proper name or attribute-name of a god, hence its appearance as an element in place names.Grim reaper as a figurative way to say "death" is attested by 1847 (the association of grim and death goes back at least to 17c.). A Middle English expression for "have recourse to harsh measures" was to wend the grim tooth (early 13c.).grim (n.) "spectre, bogey, haunting spirit," 1620s, from grim (adj.). 【记】音：鬼母，想想母夜叉的可怕模样

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[grim] 【英】 adj. 冷酷的，可怕的(appe aring stern, forbidding)【同】 近形词: brim(边缘, 盈满); prim(一本正经的, 呆板的); trim(修剪)【例】 the grim news of one's death adj. 冷酷无情的; 狰狞可怕的 = forbidding = sinister【记】g鬼, rim(n 边): 鬼在你的旁边－冷酷无情的; 狰狞可怕的【参】brim(n 杯碗等的边缘; 河边); prim(adj 整洁的)

单词	grim
音标	[grim]
解释	a.冷酷的，可怕的
红宝书	【英】 adj. 冷酷的，可怕的(appe aring stern, forbidding) 【同】近形词: brim(边缘, 盈满); prim(一本正经的, 呆板的); trim(修剪) 【例】 the grim news of one's death
字源	grim (adj.) Old English grimm "fierce, cruel, savage, dire, painful," from Proto-Germanic grimmaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German, German grimm, Old Norse grimmr, Swedish grym "fierce, furious"), from PIE ghrem- "angry," perhaps imitative of the sound of rumbling thunder (compare Greek khremizein "to neigh," Old Church Slavonic vuzgrimeti "to thunder," Russian gremet' "thunder"). A weaker word now than once it was; sense of "dreary, gloomy" first recorded late 12c. It also had a verb form in Old English, grimman (class III strong verb; past tense gramm, p.p. grummen). Old English also had a noun, grima "goblin, specter," perhaps also a proper name or attribute-name of a god, hence its appearance as an element in place names. Grim reaper as a figurative way to say "death" is attested by 1847 (the association of grim and death goes back at least to 17c.). A Middle English expression for "have recourse to harsh measures" was to wend the grim tooth (early 13c.). grim (n.) "spectre, bogey, haunting spirit," 1620s, from grim (adj.).
不择手段背单词	adj. 冷酷无情的; 狰狞可怕的 = forbidding = sinister 【记】g鬼, rim(n 边): 鬼在你的旁边－冷酷无情的; 狰狞可怕的【参】brim(n 杯碗等的边缘; 河边); prim(adj 整洁的)
趣味全助记	【记】音：鬼母，想想母夜叉的可怕模样

Grim English Adj Death Fierce 狰狞可怕的 A.冷酷的，可怕的 英

Grim English Adj Death Fierce 狰狞可怕的 A.冷酷的，可怕的英