grim

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a. 冷酷的, 坚强的, 残忍的, 可怕的, 讨厌的

发音

US /ɡɹɪm/
UK /ɡɹɪm/

词形变化

grims 复数 grimmed grimming grims 三单 grims grimming 现在分词 grimmed 过去式 grimmed 过去分词 grimmer 比较级 grimmer grimmest grimmest 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

冷酷的；糟糕的；残忍的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A promiscuous woman.

    多元文化伦敦英语 过时 俚语
  2. 1.

    Anger, wrath.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  3. 2.

    A specter, ghost, haunting spirit.

    可数 废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.

    罕用 及物
adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.

    Life was grim in many northern industrial towns.

  2. 2.

    Rigid and unrelenting.

    His grim determination enabled him to win.

  3. 3.

    Ghastly or sinister.

    A grim castle overshadowed the village.

  4. 4.

    Disgusting; gross.

    – Wanna see the dead rat I found in my fridge? – Mate, that is grim!

  5. 5.

    Fierce, cruel, furious.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

down sorry black sick dark blue low depressed stern gloomy

近义相关 8

unpleasant depressing sarcastic alarming dejected implacable cheerless uncheerful

相关短语

Grim Reaper 死神 Grim Reaper paradox Grim Reapers grim reaper <正>（手持大镰刀）代表死亡的形象 grim trigger grim triggers grim reapers it's grim up north like grim death

词源

From Middle English grim, from Old English grimm, from Proto-West Germanic *grimm, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”).

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