gory

IPA/ˈɡɔːri/
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gory — 形容詞

  • gorypositive
  • goriercomparative
  • goriestsuperlative

1. showing or describing a lot of blood and violent actions, in a way that is inten

1.形容詞B2
釋義

血腥的

充滿暴力與流血畫面的

showing or describing a lot of blood and violent actions, in a way that is intended to shock or frighten — used especially about horror films, crime reports, or battle scenes.

例句

Mei-Lin covered her eyes during the gory murder scene in the horror film.

Mei-Lin 在那部恐怖片的血腥謀殺場景中摀住了眼睛。

collocation: gory murder scene

The article included such gory details that the editor removed them before publishing.

那篇文章充滿血腥細節，編輯在出版前把它們刪掉了。

collocation: gory details

常見搭配
  • gory scene
  • gory details
  • gory movie
  • gory film
  • gory horror
  • gory battle
同義詞
  • bloody

    more general and common; 'gory' adds a sense of shocking or disgusting detail

  • gruesome

    focuses on the shocking, repulsive aspect; 'gory' emphasises visible blood

  • graphic

    broader — can describe explicit sex, language, or violence; 'gory' is specific to blood and injury

反義詞
  • tame

    mild, not shocking; a tame film has no violence or blood

  • sanitised

    has had the violent or bloody parts removed or softened

文法句型

gory + noun (scene / movie / detail / story)

常見錯誤

The battle was gory because it was long.
The battle was gory because the descriptions showed every wound in detail.
'gory' emphasises visible blood and violent imagery, not duration or intensity of the event itself.
He told a gory joke.
He told a gruesome joke.
'gory' is for physical blood and violence, not for morally shocking or unpleasant humour.

2. physically covered or stained with blood, especially as a result of injury or vi

2.形容詞B2
釋義

血淋淋的

表面沾滿或覆蓋著血的

physically covered or stained with blood, especially as a result of injury or violence — describes a person, body part, or object that has blood on its surface.

例句

The nurse gently cleaned the gory wound on the patient's arm before bandaging it.

護士輕輕清理病患手臂上血淋淋的傷口，然後用繃帶包紮起來。

collocation: gory wound

Kenji stumbled into the kitchen with a gory face, and his mother grabbed the first-aid kit.

Kenji 滿臉是血跌跌撞撞走進廚房，他媽媽立刻抓起急救箱。

collocation: gory face

常見搭配
  • gory face
  • gory hands
  • gory wound
  • gory clothes
  • gory knife
  • gory towel
同義詞
  • bloody

    much more common and neutral; 'gory' feels more vivid and informal

  • blood-soaked

    stronger — suggests the blood has soaked deep into fabric or bandages; 'gory' is more about visible surface blood

  • bloodstained

    neutral, often for dried marks; 'gory' implies wet, fresh, or smeared blood

反義詞
  • clean

    free of dirt or blood

  • spotless

    completely clean, with no stains of any kind

文法句型

gory + noun (hands / face / clothes)

be + gory

用法筆記

Frequently describes visible, wet blood on a surface rather than traces or dried stains. More common in fiction and informal speech than in medical writing — doctors are more likely to say 'blood-soaked' or 'haemorrhaging'.

常見錯誤

His gory shirt had a small coffee stain.
His gory shirt was soaked red from the nosebleed.
'gory' implies a notable amount of blood, not just any mark or stain.
The meat was gory on the kitchen counter.
The meat was bloody on the kitchen counter.
'gory' is typically used for living beings or body parts, not raw meat.

常見搭配

副詞搭配

常用片語

  • gory and violent
  • gory and gruesome

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