| 单词 | awful-looking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasawful-looking C2. With present participles, forming adjectives in which awful expresses the complement of the underlying verb, as in awful-looking, awful-sounding, etc.Originally with reference to someone or something which inspires or is filled with awe; in later use with reference to something unpleasant or of poor quality. ΚΠ 1808 Westm. Jrnl. 19–26 Mar. 1/3 The Danish islands, particularly Zealand with Copenhagen, ought immediately to be checked and awed, to prevent the consequences of this most awful-looking enterprise [sc. an invasion]. 1839 J. F. Pennie Devoted One ii. iii. in Brit.'s Hist. Drama II. 157 His breath came like a furnace seven times heated, And o'er me waved his awful-sounding wings, That darkened sea and land with tenfold night! 1997 Icon Thoughtstyle Mag. Apr. 123/1 The porn peddler's mansion is awful-looking—over the top and in bad taste. 2016 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 19 May 14 I guess eating fresh fish beats having to down a spoonful of the awful tasting fish liver oil like what I did when I was a child. < as lemmas |
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