hideous的意思

hideous

基本解释

adj. 可怕的；丑恶的

中文词源

hideous 丑陋的

来自古法语hideus,来自hisdos,可怕的，恐怖的，丑陋的，拼写可能受hide影响。或直接来自hide,兽皮，引申词义野兽，野蛮的，丑陋的。

英文词源

hideous (adj.): c. 1300, "terrifying, horrible, dreadful," from Anglo-French hidous, Old French hideus, earlier hisdos "hideous, horrible, awful, frightening" (11c.; Modern French hideux), from hisda "horror, fear," perhaps of Germanic origin; or else from Vulgar Latin *hispidosus, from Latin hispidus "shaggy, bristly," "[b]ut this presents numerous difficulties" [OED]. Meaning "repulsive" is late 14c.

实用例句

1. His family was subjected to a hideous attack by the gang.: 他的家人遭到了匪帮的恐怖袭击。

2. It's been a perfectly hideous day.: 这一天真是糟糕透了。

3. But was it, in fact, a hideous goof?: 但事实上这是否是个弥天大错？

4. Their new colour scheme is hideous!: 他们新的颜色搭配难看极了！

5. They're not like dogs; they're hideous brutes.: 它们不像狗, 是丑陋的畜牲.

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