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grisly a.恐怖的，可怕的 grisly (adj.) Old English grislic "horrible, dreadful," from root of grisan "to shudder, fear," with cognates in Old Frisian grislik "horrible," Middle Dutch grisen "to shudder," Dutch griezelen, German grausen "to shudder, fear," Old High German grisenlik "horrible;" of unknown origin; Watkins connects it with the PIE root *ghrei- "to rub," on notion of "to grate on the mind." See also gruesome, to which it probably is connected in some way. 【记】ghastly，ghostly 鬼一般恐怖的

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['grizli] 【英】 adj. 恐怖的，可怕的(insp iring horror or great fear)【考】 droll : laugh / grisly : flinch(滑稽的使人发笑/恐 怖的使人畏缩)【例】 a grisly story about people who ate human flesh adj. 恐怖的, 可怕的 = gruesome = ghastly【记】g鬼, ris = rise, ly: 鬼升起来了! = 恐怖的, 可怕的【类】droll: laugh = grisly: flinch 滑稽的使人发笑 = 恐怖的使人畏缩

单词	grisly
音标	['grizli]
解释	a.恐怖的，可怕的
红宝书	【英】 adj. 恐怖的，可怕的(insp iring horror or great fear) 【考】 droll : laugh / grisly : flinch(滑稽的使人发笑/恐怖的使人畏缩) 【例】 a grisly story about people who ate human flesh
字源	grisly (adj.) Old English grislic "horrible, dreadful," from root of grisan "to shudder, fear," with cognates in Old Frisian grislik "horrible," Middle Dutch grisen "to shudder," Dutch griezelen, German grausen "to shudder, fear," Old High German grisenlik "horrible;" of unknown origin; Watkins connects it with the PIE root *ghrei- "to rub," on notion of "to grate on the mind." See also gruesome, to which it probably is connected in some way.
不择手段背单词	adj. 恐怖的, 可怕的 = gruesome = ghastly 【记】g鬼, ris = rise, ly: 鬼升起来了! = 恐怖的, 可怕的【类】droll: laugh = grisly: flinch 滑稽的使人发笑 = 恐怖的使人畏缩
趣味全助记	【记】ghastly，ghostly 鬼一般恐怖的

Grisly Adj Laugh Root Shudder Fear Dutch German