grotesque
英 [grəʊˈtesk] 美 [groʊˈtesk]

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

adj.(形容词)

1. 怪诞的，荒诞不经的，荒唐的 ridiculously exaggerated or unreasonable;absurd
2. 奇形怪状的，奇异的，丑陋的 strangely distorted

n.(名词)

1. [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.)

1. 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。
2. Tribal dancers were wearing grotesque masks.
   部落中跳舞的人戴着古怪的面具。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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.)

1. 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

The female grotesque : risk, excess and modernity
Erotic Grotesque Nonsense:The Mass Culture of Japanese Modern Times
On the Grotesque: Strategies of Contradiction in Art and Literature
Erotic Grotesque Nonsense: The Mass Culture of Japanese Modern Times by Miriam Silverberg
Revisiting the Southern Grotesque: Mikhail Bakhtin and the Case of Carson McCullers
Wild publics and grotesque symposiums: Habermas and Bakhtin on dialogue, everyday life and the public sphere
Environment and air pollution: health services bequeath to grotesque menace
The Haunted Eye: Perception and the Grotesque in English and German Romanticism by Frederick Burwick
The Abject Embodiment of Cancer Patients: Dignity, Selfhood, and the Grotesque Body
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