Grotesque

[grə(ʊ)'tesk] or [gro'tɛsk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants.

(adj.) distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; 'tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas'; 'twisted into monstrous shapes' .

手打:朱迪--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes.

(n.) Artificial grotto-work.

編輯:兰尼

同義詞及近義詞：

a. Fantastic, fanciful, odd, whimsical, extravagant, unnatural, wild, strange, BIZARRE.

乔斯林編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Whimsical, quaint, old, burlesque, archaic, caricatured, distorted

ANT:Classic, chaste, fina, fashionable, graceful, severe

手打:普里西拉

解釋/意思:

adj. extravagantly formed: ludicrous.—n. (art) extravagant ornament containing animals plants &c. not really existing.—adv. Grotesque′ly.—ns. Grotesque′ness; Grotesqu′ery.

編輯:基蒂