hideous
gb/hˈɪdiəs/ us/hˈɪdiəs/
B1
英语
~ 4300
ocsmány, ronda, szörnyű, borzalmas
B1
1
用法模式:
[something] is hideous
The wallpaper in the old house was absolutely hideous.
A régi házban a tapéta egyszerűen ocsmány volt.
She wore a hideous green sweater to the party.
Egy ocsmány zöld pulóvert vett fel a buliba.
That statue is so hideous that it scares children.
The hotel room had hideous brown curtains from the 1970s.
学习者例句
That shirt is hideous.
Az az ing ocsmány.
The shoes are hideous.
A cipők ocsmányak.
He has a hideous hat.
This picture is hideous.
常见错误:
Learners sometimes use 'hideous' for very minor unattractiveness; it usually implies extreme ugliness.
含义
Extremely ugly or unattractive
搭配
hideous face
|hideous dress
|hideous building
|hideous scar
近义词
ugly (Less strong and less emotionally charged than 'hideous'.)
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unsightly (More formal and less intense than 'hideous'.)
反义词
beautiful (Direct opposite in terms of visual attractiveness.)
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attractive (Opposite in general appeal or pleasantness of appearance.)
主题
appearance
|emotions
|description
|core_vocabulary
释义
Very, very ugly to look at.
Extremely unpleasant to look at because of being very ugly or unattractive.
B2
2
用法模式:
[something] is hideous
The war was full of hideous acts against civilians.
A háború tele volt civilek elleni szörnyű tettekkel.
He made a hideous mistake that cost the company millions.
Szörnyű hibát követett el, ami milliókba került a cégnek.
It was a hideous crime that shocked the nation.
She told me the hideous news about the accident.
学习者例句
That was a hideous crime.
Ez szörnyű bűncselekmény volt.
I heard a hideous story.
Borzalmas történetet hallottam.
He made a hideous mistake.
The accident was hideous.
常见错误:
Learners may confuse 'hideous' with 'huge' due to similar sound; meanings are unrelated.
含义
Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or morally offensive
搭配
hideous crime
|hideous accident
|hideous mistake
|hideous injustice
近义词
horrible (Common and less formal; can be used for a wider range of bad things.)
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atrocious (More formal and often used for serious moral wrongs.)
反义词
wonderful (Opposite in terms of being enjoyable or pleasing.)
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admirable (Opposite in terms of being morally good or praiseworthy.)
主题
emotions
|morality
|core_vocabulary
释义
Very bad or shocking in a way that upsets people.
Extremely unpleasant to experience, hear about, or think about, often because it is shocking, horrifying, or morally offensive.
语法
词典原形
hideous
IPA
GB/hˈɪdiəs/
US/hˈɪdiəs/
音节与重音
hideous (1 个音节)
Stress on 1st syllable (hideous)
词形变化
Adjective
- Base: hideous
词族
Core family
hideously
adverb
Related words
hideousness
noun
相关表达
as ugly as sin
1/ˈæz ˈʌɡli ˈæz sˈɪn/
idiom
informal
Very unattractive in appearance
Very, very ugly.
例句
- That old couch is as ugly as sin.
- The new statue in the park is as ugly as sin.
a fate worse than death
1/ə fˈeɪt wˈɚs ðən dˈɛθ/
idiom
literary
extremely bad imagined situation
A very bad situation that someone feels would be even worse than dying.
例句
- For him, living without music would be a fate worse than death.
- For some prisoners, life in total isolation is a fate worse than death.
- She thought working for her ex-boss again would be a fate worse than death.
- He joked that going back to that job would be a fate worse than death.
- To her, losing her independence would be a fate worse than death.
a fate worse than death
2/ə fˈeɪt wˈɚs ðən dˈɛθ/
idiom
Something imagined to be worse than dying
A situation so bad that someone thinks dying would be better.
例句
- For him, losing his freedom was a fate worse than death.
- She said working there would be a fate worse than death.