单词 | blood-curdling |
释义 | > as lemmasblood-curdling blood-curdling adj. causing terror or horror; very frightening; spine-chilling; cf. curdle v. 1a. ΚΠ 1724 Plain Dealer 24 July 1/2 So powerfully filled, throughout, with that Blood-curdling, chilling Influence, of Nature, working on our Passions..that I never met it stronger in Homer himself. 1896 Chums 8 July 4/2 A distinct, blood-curdling groan—no doubt about that. 1903 Chicago Daily News 16 Dec. 1/7 The Lone Star saloon..described..as the scene of blood-curdling crimes through the agency of drugged liquor. 2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 213 A shot rings out. A bloodcurdling scream shatters the earpiece. The line goes dead. < as lemmas |
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