gruesome

英 ['gru?s(?)m] 美

TEM8GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

副詞:?gruesomely;

【記】音：割乳，古代有種酷刑

gruesome 可怕的

詞源同grisly, 可怕的。-some, 形容詞后綴，來(lái)自some.

gruesome: gruesome: [16] The novels of Sir Walter Scott had an enormous influence in introducing Scotticisms into the general English language, and gruesome is a case in point. It was apparently coined in the 16th century from an earlier verb grue ‘be terrified’, which was probably of Scandinavian origin. For over 200 years it remained restricted in distribution to Scotland and northern England, but Scott started using it (‘He’s as grave and grewsome an auld Dutchman as e’er I saw’, Old Mortality 1816), immediately ensuring it an entrée into homes all over Britain thanks to Scott’s huge readership. It has never looked back.
gruesome (adj.): 1560s, with -some (1) + grue, from 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. Related: Gruesomely; gruesomeness.

2. The injured man, with blood all over his face, was a gruesome sight.: 受傷的人滿臉是血, 十分可怕.

3. There has been a series of gruesome murders in the capital.: 在首都發(fā)生了一連串讓人毛骨悚然的謀殺案。

5. And it is a gruesome experience to have meals at the best big - city restaurants.: 而在大城市最好的餐館里吃飯則是令人憎惡的經(jīng)歷.