horrid

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a. 可怕的, 极讨厌的, 毛骨悚然的

发音

UK /ˈhɒ.ɹɪd/
US /ˈhɔ.ɹɪd/
其它 /ˈhɑ.ɹɪd/

词形变化

horrider 比较级 horrider horridest more horrid 比较级 horridest 最高级 most horrid 最高级

别名

'orrid

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Bristling, rough, rugged.

    古体
  2. 2.

    Causing horror or dread.

  3. 3.

    Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable.

    horrid weather

    The other girls in class are always horrid to Jane.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Terribly; horridly; to an extreme extent.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

outrageous hideous horrific

近义相关 2

bad offensive

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti Proto-Italic *horzēō Latin horreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin horridusbor. English horrid Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.

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