grotesque

英 [ɡrəʊ'tesk] 美 [ɡroʊ'tesk]

adj.奇形怪状的；奇怪的；怪诞的；可笑的 n.怪异风格；怪异图案

GRE

◉Usage Examples

(1) The fat old man looked grotesque in tight trousers.

(2) Tribal dancers were wearing grotesque masks.

(3) The most grotesque and fantastic conceits haunted him in his bed at night.

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

(5) It's grotesque to expect a person of her experience to work for such little money.

(6) Hieronymus Bosch was a master of the grotesque in painting.

(1) 那个胖老头穿上绷得紧紧的裤子显得奇形怪状。

(2) 部落中跳舞的人戴着古怪的面具。

(3) 夜晚躺在床上的时候，各种离奇怪诞的幻想纷至沓来。

(4) 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) 想让她那样有经验的人为这点钱工作真是可笑。

(6) 希罗宁姆斯·博希是怪诞派绘画大师。

◉Usage notes

Use grotesque to describe things that are very strange and ugly in an unnatural way. If something "grosses you out," you can safely refer to it as grotesque.

Grotesque also refers to a style of art that uses odd and fanciful combinations of natural, human, and animal forms. The original reference was to cave paintings found in ancient Roman ruins. Our English word is from French, from Italian grottesca pittura "a cave painting," from grotta "cave." Italian grotta is the source of our English word grotto.

◉Collins

1. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]古怪的；怪诞的；荒唐的 You say that something is grotesque when it is so unnatural, unpleasant, and exaggerated that it upsets or shocks you.

① ...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

② ...a country where grotesque abuses are taking place.

发生骇人听闻的虐待事件的国家

grotesquely

③ He called it the most grotesquely tragic experience that he's ever had.

他称之为人生中最离奇的不幸经历。

2. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]丑陋的；奇形怪状的；极其难看的 If someone or something is grotesque, they are very ugly.

① 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。

grotesquely

② ...grotesquely deformed beggars.

身体畸形、丑陋不堪的乞丐

3. [N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指小说或绘画中的）怪异的人，丑八怪 A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting.

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。