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单词 grim
释义 grim
I. \ˈgrim\ adjective
(grimmer ; grimmest)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grimm; akin to Old High German grimm savage, fierce, Old Norse grimmr fierce, cruel, enraged, Greek chromados action of gnashing, Avestan gram- to get angry
1.
 a. : fierce in disposition or action : savage and merciless : cruel and pitiless
  < gaunt grim wolves descending into the valleys >
 b. : stern, fierce, and resolute : uncompromising
  < ready to do grim battle for their rights >
2.
 a. : of harsh and forbidding aspect : stern or forbidding in action or appearance
  < a grim man loving duty more than humanity >
 b. : distressing or shocking to see : grisly, horrible
  < the grim row of traitors' heads over the gate >
3. : unyielding and relentless : sternly determined
 < grim purpose >
4. : ghastly, repellent, or sinister in character or dealing with what is so
 < a grim task >
 < a grim tale >
 < lectures seem to me a rather grim treat — Willa Cather >
grim·ly adverb
II. transitive verb
(grimmed ; grimmed ; grimming ; grims)
: to make grim and forbidding
 < lurid clouds that grim the silence >
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