hideous

adj. 可怕的；丑恶的

中文词源

hideous 丑陋的

来自古法语hideus,来自hisdos,可怕的，恐怖的，丑陋的，拼写可能受hide影响。或直接来自hide,兽皮，引申词义野兽，野蛮的，丑陋的。

hideous (adj.): c. 1300, "terrifying, horrible, dreadful," from Anglo-French hidous, Old French hideus, earlier hisdos "hideous, horrible, awful, frightening" (11c.; Modern French hideux), from hisda "horror, fear," perhaps of Germanic origin; or else from Vulgar Latin *hispidosus, from Latin hispidus "shaggy, bristly," "[b]ut this presents numerous difficulties" [OED]. Meaning "repulsive" is late 14c.

1. 谐音“黑得要死”。

1. His family was subjected to a hideous attack by the gang.: 他的家人遭到了匪帮的恐怖袭击。