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单词 terrifying
释义 terrifying
adjective
Etymology: from present participle of terrify
1. : causing terror or apprehension : frightening
 < the most terrifying things he met on his travels were the marching ants of Tanganyika — Irish Digest >
 < ascent of a terrifying icefall — Raymond Holden >
 < his terrifying insistence upon appalling and merciless retribution — W.L.Sullivan >
2. : of a formidable nature : awesome, tremendous
 < the terrifying formality … of the great drawing rooms of Paris — Elinor Wylie >
 < a terrifying and voracious erudition — Morris Watnick >
 < take a terrifying leap to the unimaginable range of temperatures … in the universe — Gerard Piel >
ter·ri·fy·ing·ly \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adverb
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