grotesque
英 [grə(ʊ)'tesk]
美 [gro'tɛsk]
- n. 奇异风格；怪异的东西
- adj. 奇形怪状的；奇怪的；可笑的
助记提示
1. crypt => grotto => grotesque.
2. Etymologically, grotesque means 'grotto-like'.
3. Its Italian source, grottesco, was used in the phrase pittura grottesca, literally 'grotto-like pictures', denoting wall paintings of the sort discovered in the excavated basements of old buildings.
4. Many of them were evidently bizarre or highly imaginative, and so grottesca came to mean 'fanciful, fantastic'.
双语例句
- 1. I felt it was a grotesque intrusion into our lives.
- 我感觉那是对我们生活的一种干扰，让人感到荒唐可气。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. a grotesque distortion of the truth
- 对事实的荒诞歪曲
来自《权威词典》
- 3. She has become a grotesque parody of her former elegant self.
- 她成为了以前那个举止优雅的自己的怪诞模仿品.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Her account of the incident was a grotesque distortion of the truth.
- 她对这件事的陈述是荒诞地歪曲了事实.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The two stone lions, of grotesque shape, guard the entrance.
- 两只形态奇异的石狮子守卫着入口处.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
