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可怕的,悲惨的,阴惨的,极端的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dire \Dire\, a. [Compar. {Direr}; superl. {Direst}.] [L. dirus;
   of uncertain origin.]
   1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.

   2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible;
      terrible; lamentable.

            Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. --Milton.

            Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. --Milton.

资料来源 : WordNet®

dire
     adj 1: fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate
            illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a
            desperate situation due to lack of materiel"-
            G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency" [syn: {desperate}]
     2: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful
        risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that
        London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the
        headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it
        once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling";
        "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
        [syn: {awful}, {direful}, {dread(a)}, {dreaded}, {dreadful},
         {fearful}, {fearsome}, {frightening}, {horrendous}, {horrific},
         {terrible}]