horrid

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/ˈhɒ.ɹɪd/    /ˈhɔ.ɹɪd/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Bristling, rough, rugged. archaic
    — His haughtie Helmet, horrid all with gold, // Both glorious brightnesse and great terror bredd.
    Comus
  2. Causing horror or dread.
    — Not in the legions / Of horrid hell, can come a devil more damned / In evils, to top Macbeth.
  3. Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable.
    — horrid weather
副词 adv.
  1. Terribly; horridly; to an extreme extent. not-comparable
    — “Beg y’ pardon, sir,” said a voice at the tent door; “but Dormer’s ’orrid bad, sir, an’ they’ve taken him orf, sir.”

词形变化

horrider comparative more horrid comparative horridest superlative most horrid superlative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti
Proto-Italic *horzēō
Latin horreō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin horridusbor.
English horrid
Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti
Proto-Italic *horzēō
Latin horreō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin horridusbor.
English horrid
Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.
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