新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

grotesque

英 [ɡrəʊˈtesk]

[ADJ, NOUN]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

1. 荒唐的
You say that something is grotesque when it is so unnatural, unpleasant, and exaggerated that it upsets or shocks you.
双语例句
例：
the grotesque disparities between the wealthy few and nearly everyone else.
少数富人和几乎所有其他人之间悬殊的贫富差距。
2. 丑陋的
If someone or something is grotesque, they are very ugly.
近义词
hideous
双语例句
例：
They tried to avoid looking at his grotesque face and his crippled body.
他们尽量不去看他那丑陋的面庞和残疾的身躯。

NOUN. 名词

grotesques
1. [C 可数名词] （尤指小说或绘画中的）丑陋怪异的人
A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting.
双语例句
例：
Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs.
格拉斯的小说里充斥着稀奇古怪的人物：丑陋的怪人、小丑、邋遢的人以及侏儒。

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