fearsome

英 [ˈfɪəsəm]

美 [ˈfɪrsəm]

adj.  很可怕的; 十分吓人的

Collins.1 / BNC.11788 / COCA.14773

牛津词典

adj.

• 很可怕的；十分吓人的
  making people feel very frightened

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 可怕的;骇人的;令人生畏的
  Fearsomeis used to describe things that are frightening, for example because of their large size or extreme nature.
  1. He had developed a fearsome reputation for intimidating people.
     他曾因恐吓他人而令人闻风丧胆。
  2. ...a fearsome array of weapons.
     一大批令人生畏的武器

英英释义

adj

• causing fear or dread or terror
  1. the awful war
  2. an awful risk
  3. dire news
  4. a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
  5. the dread presence of the headmaster
  6. polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
  7. a dreadful storm
  8. a fearful howling
  9. horrendous explosions shook the city
  10. a terrible curse
  Synonym:awfuldiredirefuldread(a)dreadeddreadfulfearfulfrighteninghorrendoushorrificterrible

双语例句

• She's a fearsome opponent.
  她是个令人畏惧的对手。
• But for 2011 and beyond, the fiscal challenge is fearsome.
  但2011年及以后的财政挑战，将令人触目惊心。
• But do they really deserve this fearsome reputation?
  然而它们真的配得上这样恐怖的名声吗？
• Tigers are regarded as among the most fearsome, instinctual hunters in the animal world.
  在动物世界里，老虎被认为是最可怕的，本能的猎手之一。
• I drove for a while across this fearsome emptiness.
  我开车开了好一阵穿过这片可怕的空旷之地。
• Improve your fighting skills battling pirates, sea monsters, and fearsome dragons!
  提高你的战斗技能对抗海盗，海怪，和可怕的龙！
• It's home to some of the most fearsome weather on the face of the planet.
  它是这个星球表面一些最令人恐惧的天气的发源地。
• The global bogeymen of deleveraging and frozen credit markets are more fearsome in South Korea than most of Asia.
  相对于大多数亚洲国家，韩国更为担心全球普遍担忧的去杠杆化和信贷市场冻结。
• This creates an ancillary difficulty it is useless to possess a fearsome weapon if no-one thinks you will ever fire it.
  这相应产生了一个难题如果没有人认为你会开火，那么你拥有一件可怕武器是没用的。
• There was an indescribable flickering glow in his eyes, creating a fearsome and wholly unnatural effect.
  他的眼里射出一种无法形容的闪烁的光辉，给人以一种可怕的、完全不正常的感觉。