hideous

• adj. 可怕的；醜惡的

來自古法語hideus,來自hisdos,可怕的，恐怖的，醜陋的，拚寫可能受hide影響。或直接來自hide,獸皮，引申詞義野獸，野蠻的，醜陋的。

hideous (adj.)

c. 1300, "terrifying, horrible, dreadful," from Anglo-French hidous, Old French hideus, earlier hisdos "hideous, horrible, awful, frightening" (11c.; Modern French hideux), from hisda "horror, fear," perhaps of Germanic origin; or else from Vulgar Latin *hispidosus, from Latin hispidus "shaggy, bristly," "[b]ut this presents numerous difficulties" [OED]. Meaning "repulsive" is late 14c.

1. His family was subjected to a hideous attack by the gang.

他的家人遭到了匪幫的恐怖襲擊。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It's been a perfectly hideous day.

這一天真是糟糕透了。

來自柯林斯例句

3. But was it, in fact, a hideous goof?

但事實上這是否是個彌天大錯？

來自柯林斯例句

4. Their new colour scheme is hideous!

他們新的顏色搭配難看極了！

來自《權威詞典》

5. They're not like dogs; they're hideous brutes.

它們不像狗, 是醜陋的畜牲.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》