hideous
英 ['hɪdɪəs]
美
- adj. 可怕的；丑恶的
词态变化
副词: hideously;
助记提示
1. 谐音“黑得要死”。
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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It's been a perfectly hideous day.
- 这一天真是糟糕透了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. But was it, in fact, a hideous goof?
- 但事实上这是否是个弥天大错？
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Their new colour scheme is hideous!
- 他们新的颜色搭配难看极了！
来自《权威词典》
- 5. They're not like dogs; they're hideous brutes.
- 它们不像狗, 是丑陋的畜牲.
来自《简明英汉词典》