Lovecraftian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fan of American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937).
    — For zealous Lovecraftians there are a few choice tidbits—a short autobiography, his commonplace book, and his “History and Chronology of the Necronomicon.”
形容词 adj.
  1. Frighteningly monstrous and otherworldly, sometimes with terrifyingly unnatural anatomy.
    — The tip of the thing was equipped with long whiplike appendages that writhed around a loose, drooling, toothless mouth large enough to swallow a man whole...Perhaps this was the only thing that the escaping Lovecraftian entity had thus far been able to extrude between the opening Gates — this one finger.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or emulating the style or works of author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937).
    — Lovecraftian horror

词形变化

more Lovecraftian comparative most Lovecraftian superlative Lovecraftians plural

词源

词源 1
From Lovecraft + -ian, in reference to H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), an American author of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives.
词源 2
From Lovecraft + -ian, in reference to H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), an American author of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives.
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