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"