英:[ˈfɪəsəm]
美:[ˈfɪrsəm]
英:[ˈfɪəsəm]
美:[ˈfɪrsəm]
fear·some
fir sm
fearsomely (adv.), fearsomeness (n.)
词根:fear
adj.fearful 可怕的;担心的;严重的
fearless 无畏的;大胆的
adv.fearfully 可怕地;非常地;颇
fearlessly 勇敢地;大胆地
n.fear 害怕;恐惧;敬畏;担心
fearfulness 可怕;厉害
vi.fear 害怕;敬畏;为…担心
vt.fear 害怕;敬畏;为…担心
Adjective
1. causing fear or dread or terror;
"the awful war"
"an awful risk"
"dire news"
"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
"the dread presence of the headmaster"
"polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
"a dreadful storm"
"a fearful howling"
"horrendous explosions shook the city"
"a terrible curse"
"引起恐惧的",1768年,来自 fear(n.)+ -some(1)。偶尔被错误地用于表示"胆小"的意义,这应该归于 fearful。相关词汇: Fearsomely; fearsomeness。
fear >entry 1 + -some >entry 1
The first known use of fearsome was in 1768
fearsomeadjective
causing fear
timid
1 By allowing their fearsome imagery to overwhelm their moral message, the GAC members may have generated more interest, not less, in pressing the program ahead.
2 “I must be more fearsome than I knew,” Tyrion confessed as the last links were hammered closed.
3 The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome.
4 I, like the students in Dead Poets Society, felt weighed down under the fearsome load of duty and obligation.
我如同死亡诗社里的学生一样背负着责任和义务的重担。
5 There were some fearsome monsters called Gorgons who lived on an island and were known far and wide because of their deadly power.
6 She knelt on the cloak, so as not to spoil her gown, and looked up at her prince on his fearsome black throne.
7 Even if they could make the jump, the goddess of night and her most fearsome children stood in their way.
8 She passed the trowel to the fearsome Mrs. Willard, “who stopped the mortar more heartily, and got some of it on her gown.”
9 Is there any creature more fearsome than the shark?
还有什么生物能比鲨鱼还令人胆战心惊的?
10 Death is a cruel, brutal, and fearsome trespasser into this world.
死亡是降临到这个世界上的一个残忍的、无情的、可怕的侵入者。
11 He rode up on his horses with his associates, five men of disreputable mien, led by a fearsome Indian scout who wore a necklace of shriveled ears.
12 John had a fearsome sincerity.
约翰为人极为诚恳.
13 Yet since 1939, he had been fighting one of the hardest battles of World War II. His fearsome opponent?
14 ‘Nor is the most fearsome creatures like tigers and rhinostossterisses. None of them is ever killing their own kind. Has you ever thought about that?’
15 Outside it was Luca Brasi whose reputation even then was fearsome.
一看,是路加-布拉西,这个人的名声在当时也是令人不寒而栗的.
16 He evidently believed that the Narragansett did not have enough experience with European guns to know that they were not as fearsome as they first appeared.
17 He’d gotten used to having the Titan on his side, lighting their way with his silver hair and his fearsome war broom.
18 Without that rock of certainty underfoot, the Congo is a fearsome place to have to sink or swim.
19 after working all afternoon in the hot sun, I had developed a fearsome thirst
20 Although Andean troops carried bows, javelins, maces, and clubs, their most fearsome weapon, the sling, was made of cloth.
1 惊人的
crazy spectacular extraordinary violent fabulous breathtaking startling resounding jaw-dropping prodigious stupendous
2 胆小
chicken-hearted milk-livered scaddle harehearted timid cowardly sissy sheepish gutless pusillanimous lily-livered recreant chickenhearted trepid sissified white-livered pavid cowardice timorousness hare-hearted hen-hearted poor nervous tender shy meticulous eerie craven skittish tremulous mousy yellow-bellied eery fainthearted faintheart chickeny pikerism yellow timidity pusillanimity cowardliness pale hearted pigeon hearted poor spirited yellow streak yellow livered cold feet chicken-heart pigeonhearted henhearted chicken milky coward diffident timorous rabbity cowardy chicken-livered poor-spirited cowish diffidence nervosity
3 害怕的
cowhearted afraid scared windy fearful frightened terrified intimidated white-knuckled awe-struck afeared afeard awe-stricken
4 胆怯
nervous meticulous coward dastardly gingerly skittish unmanly timorous pusillanimous lily-livered shily timidity diffidence funk quail daunt lose nerve
5 害怕
cowhearted afraid scared windy fearful frightened terrified intimidated white-knuckled awe-struck afeared afeard awe-stricken fearfully windily tremor fear dread affright be fearful of be frightened of be terrified of get the wind up afraid to in terror cold feet
6 十分讨厌的
8 极大
great maximum royal vast unlimited tremendous awful infinite mortal whopping towering raging untold maximal maxi howling prodigious ghastly frightful thumping outsize slashing walloping skookum corking heck a whale of a
10 可怕
awesome holy terrible horrible awful terrific mortal dire terrifying disastrous grim fearful formidable dreadful appalling horrifying gruesome hideous horrid unholy ungodly ghastly macabre grisly hellish frightful unearthly redoubtable ghostlike hellacious direful macaber terribly tremendously horribly awfully dreadfully hideously fearfully appallingly frightfully hellishly ghastliness tremendous glorious tragic wicked horrendous eerie forbidding tragical cadaverous monstrosity like old boots fell horrent eldritch sick fierce dread horrific spooky monstrous lurid unchristian frightfulness hideosity frightening ferocious ghoulish ghastful scary elemental almighty furry hairy uncanny dismal ghostly perilous morbid thunderous devilish portentous squally unco ugsome juggernaut groady dirty desperate gaunt uncouth blood-and-guts grewsome sweet deadly hell of a as hell
11 可惊的
14 极大的
great maximum royal vast unlimited tremendous awful infinite mortal whopping towering raging untold maximal maxi howling prodigious ghastly frightful thumping outsize slashing walloping skookum corking a whale of a
15 胆小的
chicken-hearted milk-livered scaddle harehearted timid cowardly sissy sheepish gutless pusillanimous lily-livered recreant chickenhearted trepid sissified white-livered pavid hare-hearted hen-hearted poor nervous tender shy meticulous eerie craven skittish tremulous mousy yellow-bellied eery fainthearted faintheart chickeny pale hearted pigeon hearted poor spirited yellow livered pigeonhearted henhearted chicken yellow milky coward diffident timorous rabbity cowardy chicken-livered poor-spirited cowish
16 胆怯的
nervous meticulous coward dastardly gingerly skittish unmanly timorous pusillanimous lily-livered shily
17 令人生畏的
20 可怕的
awesome holy terrible horrible awful terrific mortal dire terrifying disastrous grim fearful formidable dreadful appalling horrifying gruesome hideous horrid unholy ungodly ghastly macabre grisly hellish frightful unearthly redoubtable ghostlike hellacious direful macaber tremendous dread horrific Gothic dreaded monstrous fell lurid eldritch glorious tragic wicked horrendous eerie forbidding tragical cadaverous horrent sick fierce spooky unchristian frightening ferocious ghoulish dark harrowing freaky nightmarish ghastful scary elemental almighty furry hairy uncanny dismal ghostly perilous morbid thunderous devilish portentous squally unco ugsome juggernaut groady dirty desperate gaunt uncouth blood-and-guts grewsome sweet hell of a
21 受惊
22 惊人
crazy spectacular extraordinary violent fabulous breathtaking startling resounding jaw-dropping prodigious stupendous surprisingly spectacularly alarmingly breathtakingly frighteningly startlingly terrifyingly prodigiously