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

I'm going for fearsome here, but I just don't fell it.
我一直想可怕一点，但是我老没有灵感。
But for most people, a quiet mind is a rather fearsome thing;
但对大多数人而言，一个安静的头脑是很可怕的；
Even without such organisation, existing property owners create a fearsome political block.
即使没有此类机构，现有的房地产业主也构成一个令人望而生畏的政治障碍。
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！
We become not a fearsome mind or a moral light, a role model or inspiration.
我们变得不再是令人生畏的智者，或道德标杆、榜样、灵感启发者。
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？
Against this fearsome background, what should ( and can) the eurozone do?
面对当前这种可怕的形势，欧元区应该（且能够）采取哪些措施？
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。
Once upon a time there was a fearsome ogre whose roar terrorized the magical land of Far Far Away.
很久很久以前，有一只恐怖的怪物用他恐怖的咆哮统治着魔法之域“很远很远王国”。