Grotesque

(noun.) art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants.

(adj.) distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; 'tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas'; 'twisted into monstrous shapes' .

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• He saw the grotesque, and a curious sort of mechanical motion intoxicated him, a confusion in nature. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It was a grotesque little diagram of a grotesque little animal, so wicked and so comical, a slow smile came over Gudrun's face, unconsciously. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Why should you attribute any importance to so grotesque an object? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• There is something grotesque in it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The effect is as grotesque as it is incongruous. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I confess that I had not up to now taken a very serious view of the case, which had seemed to me rather grotesque and bizarre than dangerous. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• They must have had a grotesque resemblance to heraldic dragons, and they played the part of bat-like birds in the Mesozoic jungles. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And the grotesque thing about the story is that Robespierre was indubitably honest. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A profusion of full-grown artificial wheat was scattered over her head in grotesque confusion. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Naturally they produced strange views and grotesque interpretations. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Liberty, equality, fraternity--what a grotesque career those words have had. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• By my first ancestor, but never was there so grotesque a figure in all the universe. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Darkness had now fallen, and an early moon was sending its faint light to cast strange, grotesque shadows among the dense foliage of the forest. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The big-headed babies were equally obliging in lending their grotesque aid to the general effect. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The contrast was too grotesque: she could scarcely suppress the smile it provoked. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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