首页英语词典horrifichorrific英英释意

horrific

英 [hɒ'rɪfɪk] 美[hə'rɪfɪk]
  • adj. 可怕的;令人毛骨悚然的

英英释意


1. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror;
"subjected to outrageous cruelty"
"a hideous pattern of injustice"
"horrific conditions in the mining industry"
2. causing fear or dread or terror;
"the awful war"
"an awful risk"
"dire news"
"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
"the dread presence of the headmaster"
"polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
"a dreadful storm"
"a fearful howling"
"horrendous explosions shook the city"
"a terrible curse"