horrendous

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a. 可怕的, 骇人的, 不得了的

发音

其它 /həˈɹɛndəs/

词形变化

more horrendous 比较级 most horrendous 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

可怕的；惊人的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Extremely bad; awful; terrible.

    There was horrendous carnage at the scene of the plane crash.

    My journey to work this morning was horrendous!

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

terrible awful dreadful frightening dread dire horrific fearful fearsome dreaded

近义相关 1

alarming

相关短语

down horrendous

词源

Borrowed from Latin horrendus, future passive participle (gerundive) of horreō (“to dread”) + -ous.

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