grotesque
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ You say that something is grotesque when it is so unnatural, unpleasant, and exaggerated that it upsets or shocks you. 荒唐的
...the grotesque disparities between the wealthy few and nearly everyone else. …少數富人和幾乎所有其他人之間荒唐的差異。
2. grotesquelyADV 荒唐地
He called it the most grotesquely tragic experience he's ever had. 他稱之爲他所經歷的最荒誕不經的悲慘經歷。
3. ADJ If someone or something is grotesque, they are very ugly. 醜陋的
They tried to avoid looking at his grotesque face and his crippled body. 他們盡量不去看他那醜陋的麪龐和殘疾的身軀。
4. grotesquelyADV 醜陋地[ADV adj/-ed]
...grotesquely deformed beggars. …麪目醜陋、身躰畸形的乞丐們。
5. N-COUNT A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting. (尤指小說或繪畫中的) 醜陋怪異的人
Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs. 格拉斯的小說充斥著稀奇古怪的人物:醜陋的怪人、小醜、邋遢的人以及侏儒。
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grotesque /ɡrəʊˈtɛsk/ (grotesques)
剑桥词典
- strange and unpleasant , especially in a silly or slightly frightening way
怪誕的,荒謬的;奇形怪狀的;醜陋的
By now she'd had so much cosmetic surgery that she looked quite grotesque. 她現在因爲作了太多的整容手術,看上去讓人覺得怪異可怖。
Gothic churches are full of devils and grotesque figures . 哥特式的教堂到処都飾有魔鬼和形狀怪誕的形象。 返回 grotesque