| 单词 | gruesome |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['gru:səm] |
| 解释 | adj. 令人毛骨悚然的，恶心的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 令人毛骨悚然的，恶 心的(causing horror or disgust; grisly) 【记】 来自grue(可怕)+some (…的)→可怕的 【例】 the gruesome details of a murder |
| 字源 | gruesome (adj.) 1560s, with -some (1) + Middle English gruen "feel horror, shudder" (c.1300); not recorded in Old English or Norse, possibly from Middle Dutch gruwen or Middle Low German gruwen "shudder with fear" (compare German grausam "cruel"), or from a Scandinavian source (such as Danish grusom "cruel," grue "to dread," though others hold that these are Low German loan-words). One of the many Scottish words popularized in England by Scott's novels. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. (令人吃惊的, 可憎的)毛骨悚然的, 恶心的 = grisly 【记】grue(vi 因害怕或寒冷发抖; 战栗)g鬼, rue = rule规则, some一些: 有一天你回家发现, 有4个鬼在你们家上夜班, 制定打麻将的规则－毛骨悚然的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：割乳，古代有种酷刑，凌迟处死，其中有割乳，场面实在令人恐惧及惊人 |
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