Phrase
gross out
verb
使恶心；使反感；令…厌恶
to make someone feel disgust, repulsion, or offense
多用于口语，表示令人作呕或难以接受。
- 1.
fill with distaste
感到厌恶
- 2.
lose one's nerve
失去勇气
感到厌恶；失去勇气；惹人讨厌；冒犯
In use
The smell of the garbage grossed me out.
That scene in the movie really grosses me out.
Seeing the raw meat grossed my sister out, so she left the kitchen.
gross [sb] out
The smell of rotten eggs grossed me out.
臭鸡蛋的味道让我感到恶心。
be grossed out by [sth]
She was grossed out by the horror movie.
她被那部恐怖电影恶心到了。
gross [sb] out with [sth]
He grossed his friends out with his disgusting stories.
他用那些恶心的故事把朋友们惹烦了。
Verb forms
base gross out · third person grosses out · -ing grossing out · past grossed out · past participle grossed out
Common mistakes
This food is gross out.This food grosses me out.
“gross out”是动词短语，不能直接用作形容词短语；正确用法是加上宾语，表示“使某人恶心”。
I gross out by the smell.I am grossed out by the smell.
被动语态需要使用“be + 过去分词”结构，而“gross out”的过去分词是“grossed out”。
Connections
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.