| 单词 | excruciating |
| 释义 | excruciating (ɪkskruːʃieɪtɪŋ ) 1. adjective If you describe something as excruciating, you are emphasizing that it is extremely painful, either physically or emotionally. [emphasis] I was in excruciating pain and one leg wouldn't move. Synonyms: agonizing, acute, severe, extreme excruciatingly adverb [usually ADVERB adjective, oft ADVERB after verb] The excruciatingly painful disease causes blood vessels to deteriorate. The ball hit him excruciatingly in the most sensitive part of his anatomy. 2. adjective If you describe something as excruciating, you mean that it is very unpleasant to experience, for example because it is very boring or embarrassing. Meanwhile, the boredom is excruciating. There was a moment of excruciating silence. Her search for love has often caused her excruciating misery and loneliness. excruciatingly adverb [usually ADVERB adjective, oft ADVERB with verb] The dialogue is excruciatingly embarrassing. He found the transition to boarding school excruciatingly painful. ...the one where the children's chorus goes on excruciatingly about 'Grocer Jack'. Collocations: excruciating experience He remembers the excruciating experience of his father playing him his latest album at home. Times, Sunday Times In what must have been an excruciating experience, he watched and analysed the disastrous round on video and realised he was too focused, too anxious and wound up. Times, Sunday Times Films like these should be safely locked away in museum vaults, to be seen only by those who mistake an excruciating experience for an enlightening one. The Sun It seems incredible that no one in her close circle of friends or family noticed — the book makes it sound as if just going out was an excruciating experience. Times, Sunday Times She suffers excruciating headaches, but has yet to undergo a proper scan. Times, Sunday Times She had to relearn how to walk, suffered excruciating headaches, and became, she says, a shadow of herself. Times, Sunday Times She begins experiencing excruciating headaches and the room starts swirling around her. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Headaches in this area are known as cluster headaches where the sufferer feels excruciating pain on one side of the head. The Sun (2013) Almost immediately, this was followed by a lesser but still excruciating pain in his right elbow. STAGE FRIGHT (2002) Anything to avoid a repetition of that excruciating pain in his groin. THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002) Translations: Chinese: 极痛苦的 Japanese: 耐えがたい |
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