英汉词典

grotesque 基本解释

• n. 奇异风格；怪异的东西
• adj. 奇形怪状的；奇怪的；可笑的

grotesque 词态变化

grotesque 中文词源

来自grotto, 石窟，洞穴，词源同crypt, 隐藏。来自意大利语，通常认为来自16世纪在罗马废墟洞穴发现的奇怪的壁画，因而引申该词义。

grotesque 英文词源

grotesque

grotesque: [16] Etymologically, grotesque means ‘grotto-like’. 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. Many of them were evidently bizarre or highly imaginative, and so grottesca came to mean ‘fanciful, fantastic’.

English acquired the word via Old French crotesque (crotescque was the earliest English spelling, later re-formed as grotesque on the basis of French grotesque and Italian grottesca), and in general use from the mid-18th century onward it slid towards the pejorativeness of ‘ludicrous, absurd’. The colloquial abbreviation grotty is first recorded in print in 1964.
=> grotto

grotesque (adj.)

"wildly formed, of irregular proportions, boldly odd," c. 1600s, originally a noun (1560s), from Middle French crotesque (16c., Modern French grotesque), from Italian grottesco, literally "of a cave," from grotta (see grotto). The explanation that the word first was used of paintings found on the walls of Roman ruins revealed by excavation (Italian pittura grottesca) is "intrinsically plausible," according to OED. Originally merely fanciful and fantastic, the sense became pejorative, "clownishly absurd, uncouth," after mid-18c. As the British name for a style of square-cut, sans-serif letter, from 1875. Related: Grotesquely; grotesqueness.

grotesque 英文释义

1. art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants

grotesque 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。

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2. a grotesque distortion of the truth

对事实的荒诞歪曲

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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.

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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.

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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.

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grotesque 实用场景例句

tribal dancers wearing grotesque masks

戴着奇异面具的部落跳舞者

牛津词典

a grotesque figure

奇形怪状的人像

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It's grotesque to expect a person of her experience to work for so little money.

想让她那样有经验的人为这点钱工作真是荒唐。

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a grotesque distortion of the truth

对事实的荒诞歪曲

牛津词典

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、稻草人和侏儒。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They tried to avoid looking at his grotesque face and his crippled body.

他们尽量不去看他那张奇丑无比的脸和残疾的身体。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a country where grotesque abuses are taking place.

发生骇人听闻的虐待事件的国家

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the grotesque disparities between the wealthy few and nearly everyone else.

少数富人与几乎所有其他人之间悬殊的贫富差距

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The uninhibited mutations and grotesque symbolic language of dreams interrupt the distinct images of contemporary humanity.

现代人的鲜明形象中又穿插了梦境的自由变化和怪诞的象征语言.

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This elevation was ornamented from space to space with huge grotesque figures of animals.

这片高地每隔一段距离便有一尊怪兽的巨像作为点缀.

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Everything seemed strange, so tawdry and grotesque.

一切似乎都很新奇, 很花哨,而且滑稽可笑.

辞典例句

These Clausewtzian commonplaces will shed light on the grotesque fiasco at Leyte Gulf.

克劳塞维茨这几句平易浅显的话,可以说明莱特湾那一次近似荒唐的失败原因.

辞典例句

The fat old man looked grotesque in his tight pants.

那胖老头穿着紧身裤显得很可笑.

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I walked a little behind him, fascinated by the grotesque way in which he hobbled along.

我紧跟在他身后, 他蹒跚走路的怪样子使我觉得很好笑.

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Grotesque masks and figures atop twisted columns complete this extraordinary design.

怪诞的面具和数字相比扭曲列之上完成这个非同寻常的设计.

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One feature of this scenic spot is the large amount of jagged rocks in grotesque shapes.

这片风景区的一大特色就是有许多怪石嶙峋的山峰.

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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.

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Hieronymus Bosch was a master of the grotesque in painting.

希罗宁姆斯·博希是怪诞派绘画大师.

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The Bundren's pilgrimage is hampered by a series of comic and grotesque disasters.

本德伦一家一路上遭遇了一系列奇怪滑稽的灾难.

辞典例句

His face has a grotesque appearance.

他的面部表情十分怪.

《简明英汉词典》

Hamlet's assumed antic disposition; fantastic Halloween costumes; a grotesque reflection in the mirror.

哈姆莱特采取的奇怪安排; 奇形怪状的万圣节服装; 镜子里奇怪的映象.

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The clever ones are detestaBle, the others are grotesque.

聪明的让人讨厌,愚蠢的又十分可笑.

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The faces of these idols were distorted and grotesque with violent expressions of anger and hatred.

这些偶像各个面目狰狞,满是仇恨和愤怒.

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Chess champion Peter becomes prime suspect when a series of grotesque killings frame of murder.

围棋高手彼得于连串离奇凶杀案中成为头号嫌疑.警方派出神探薛文及韦纳同心理专家嘉菲和彼得合力侦查.

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A grotesque peak thrusts itself towards the sky.

怪峰突兀.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Bosch was a master of the grotesque in painting.

博斯是绘画艺术中怪异风格的代表.

辞典例句

The fat old man looked grotesque in tight trousers.

那个胖老头穿上绷得紧紧的裤子显得奇形怪状.

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