grisly

• adj. 可怕的；厉害的；严重的

来自PIE*ghrei, 刮，擦，磨，词源同grit, grind. 引申义磨心的，恐怖的。

1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror;

"ghastly wounds"

"the grim aftermath of the bombing"

"the grim task of burying the victims"

"a grisly murder"

"gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"

"macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"

"macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

grisly

grisly: [OE] Middle English had a verb grise ‘be terrified’, which points back via an unrecorded Old English *grīsan to a West Germanic *grīdenoting ‘fear, terror’, from which grisly would have been formed. Dutch has the parallel formation grijzelijk. In 1900, the Oxford English Dictionary described grisly as ‘now only arch and lit’, but since then its fortunes have recovered strongly, and it is now firmly part of the general language.

grisly (adj.)

Old English grislic (in compounds) "horrible, dreadful," from root of grisan "to shudder, fear," a general Germanic word (cognates: 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 chrism). See also gruesome, to which it probably is connected in some way. Related: Grisliness.

a grisly crime

可憎的罪行

牛津词典

...a grizzly crime.

令人发指的罪行

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...two horrifically grisly murders.

两起骇人听闻的谋杀案

柯林斯高阶英语词典

EXMP: Houses were dark and grisly under the blank, cold sky.

在空寂寒冷的天空下, 房屋显得模糊而恐怖.

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The bodies were left near Istanbul, giving police ( see picture ) a grisly forensic task.

尸体被抛在伊斯坦布尔市郊,现场惨不忍睹, 警方的尸检工作十分沉重.

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If anybody spoke of that grisly matter, I was all ears in a moment.

如果谁谈起那件可怕的事情, 我马上就会聚精会神地听起来.

辞典例句

He told us a grisly story.

他给我们讲了一个很可怕的故事.

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A spiritual Impressive and vital seed has been growing into a grisly tactical and doctrinaire tree.

一颗感人而生动的神灵种子,如今却长成一棵谋略与教条的狰狞大树.

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Major new apers and state television were plastered yesterday with grisly images of the girls.

各大报纸和中央电视台都有注销该张可怕的(严重烧伤)女童照片.

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The girls screamed when the grisly remains of the half - eaten corpses on the screen were shown.

当屏幕上显示出尸体被吃掉一半的恐怖残骸时,女孩子们尖叫起来.

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Vladimir did not fail, but success a grisly surprise.

弗拉基米尔没有失败, 但成功负有可怕的惊喜.

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Everybody watches much the same grisly footage.

每个人都可以观察到他们相似的、恐怖的地方.

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Last night I met a wild and lurid , gruesome and grisly bandit.

昨晚我遇到了一个野蛮而可怕, 可憎而令人毛骨悚然的强盗.

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Robbing graves is grisly.

盗墓是可怕的.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Chuck's vast cricket plans don't and he vanishes under murky and ultimately grisly circumstances.

恰克巨大的板球计划没能成行,他消失于晦涩阴暗、令人不快的环境中.

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The sheriff is investigating a grisly murder.

探长在调查一起令人发指的谋杀案.

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It is a grisly night.

恐怖的一夜.

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Everything is hoary , grisly, bristling with merriment, swollen with the future, like a gumboil.

一切都是古老的、可怖的, 叫人笑得毛骨惊然, 像牙龈脓肿, 充满了未来气息.

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Awaking alive and well, she assumes the whole affair to have been a grisly nightmare.

在醒来以后,她发现自己还活着好好的, 所以克莱儿认为这应该只是个可怕的恶梦.

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He didn't slaughter the cow until he had finished his grisly feast.

把他那道可怕的菜吃完,他才杀掉那头牛.

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But everybody was talking, and intent upon the grisly spectacle before them.

可是大家都在谈话, 一心关注的是眼前的这个惨状.

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