grotesque

n. 奇异风格；怪异的东西

adj. 奇形怪状的；奇怪的；可笑的

adj.

怪诞的，荒诞不经的；奇形怪状的；

n.

奇形怪状的东西；奇异风格；

变形

复数：grotesques

双语释义

怪诞的，荒诞不经的，荒唐的 ridiculously exaggerated or unreasonable;absurd

奇形怪状的，奇异的，丑陋的 strangely distorted

[C](尤指书画中)奇形怪状的人，丑陋的人 a person who is extremely ugly in a strange way, especially in a book or painting

英英释义

grotesque[ ɡrəu'tesk ]

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

adj.

distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous

"tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"

同义词：monstrousunnatural

ludicrously odd

"a grotesque reflection in the mirror"

同义词：anticfantasticfantastical

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

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。

Tribal dancers were wearing grotesque masks.
部落中跳舞的人戴着古怪的面具。

The most grotesque and fantastic conceits haunted him in his bed at night.
夜晚躺在床上的时候，各种离奇怪诞的幻想纷至沓来。

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。

It's grotesque to expect a person of her experience to work for such little money.
想让她那样有经验的人为这点钱工作真是可笑。

用作名词(n.)

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。

权威例句

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.

1. We bet they keep on working even at night during the sleep – and at this time their vigorous imagination and restless mind picture unbelievable and grotesque buildings in front of their closed eyes.

我敢说，即使进入梦乡，他们依然在工作，此时，在阖上的双眼前，他们朝气勃发的想象力和不知疲倦的头脑仍在描绘着不可思议、奇形怪状的建筑。

2. The pictures depict more grotesque health effects than the smaller labels recommended in the United States, including one showing a fetus with the warning that smoking can cause spontaneous abortion.

那些图片比起在美国使用的小标签显示了更多对健康奇怪的影响，比如一幅带着吸烟可能导致流产警告的胎儿图片。

3. The grey roads and highways that we have paved over greenspace with are abominable, and they are littered with grotesque poison-belching cars packed together like oversize sardine cans.

刚铺设了绿化带的道路上，奇形怪状的释放毒气的汽车犹如特大型的沙丁鱼罐头杂乱不堪的拥挤在一起，糟糕至极。

4. He was followed by the grotesque figures of the dead, who came marching two by two into the room. Their eye sockets glowed with blue fire as they surrounded the room.

疯子亨利的身影赫然出现在门廊上，瞳孔里点燃着怒火，身后尾随着死尸，个个奇形怪状，眼窝放着蓝光，两两一排，进入房内，包围着房子。

5. Stones of grotesque forms are often attractive with underlaid lines and water holes.

奇形怪状的石头常带有引人注目的波纹，线条和水孔。

6. The war is indeed a grotesque waste of resources, which will place huge long-run burdens on the American public.

伊拉克战争的确是劳民伤财，而且非常可笑。这将会是美国人民需要背负许多年的包袱。

7. While the stinkbugs have become more grotesque this week, I prefer to focus on the moments of grace that recharge my spirit in the garden.

尽管这个星期以来，散发着恶臭的昆虫已经变化得更加奇形怪状，于是我宁可马上集中起容光焕发的楚楚魅力来改善我在花园里的情绪。

8. The fat old man looks grotesque in his tight pants.

那胖老头穿著紧身裤显得很可笑。

9. For some days I could not get over the feeling of having a number of deformed and grotesque figures lingering about me.

数日之后，我仍然能感觉到有一群奇形怪状的东西在缠着我。

10. Above all, though, they pointed to the grotesque circus in Tripoli, where a man convicted of mass murder was welcomed home by a Saltire-waving crowd.

最重要的是，他们提到了的黎波里（Tripoli）那里像马戏团一般滑稽可笑的人群，这些人挥舞着圣安得鲁十字旗来欢迎一位因大屠杀而被定罪的人回家。

11. This led to grotesque practices like automagically injecting javascript that trapped clicks and converted them into state-gathering POSTs.

这导致了很多奇怪的行为，比如自动注入用于捕获点击的javascript并将其转换为收集状态的POST。

12. The situation is grotesque.

尼日利亚的电力供应现状很是滑稽。

13. He wanted to see this grotesque sight, these dead bodies lying there.

他想要看到这种怪诞的景像，这些尸体躺在那儿。

14. I find it difficult to imagine a more grotesque subsidy.

我觉得很难再想像有一种更怪异的补贴了。

15. "What about this then, chaps, " he said, grasping the opportunity to tell his own grotesque tale.

他抓紧机会讲自己的灵异故事，说：“伙计们，你们听听这个怎么样。

16. Well, the sense of the body as grotesque goes beyond just dismemberment.

感觉身体是丑陋的，这种思维已经不仅是分裂的了。

17. A love triangle of the most grotesque kind.

最荒诞不经的一种三角恋爱。

18. The grotesque contradictions between the political morality that underpins the bombing of Afghanistan and the realities of the occupation are stunning.

支撑轰炸阿富汗的政治道德和占领的现实之间怪诞的矛盾是令人震惊的。

19. The aftermath of the disaster was unimaginably grotesque -- and made worse by the fact that it was manmade.

这场灾难的后果是无法想象的恐怖-——事实证明了人为的灾难会更加恐怖。

20. The aftermath of the disaster was unimaginably grotesque -- and made worse by the fact that it was manmade.

这场灾难的后果是无法想象的恐怖-——事实证明了人为的灾难会更加恐怖。