Word · Frequency #13774
grotesque
怪诞装饰风格；奇异造型
A style of art or ornamentation that mixes fanciful or incongruous human, animal, and plant forms.
- 1.
A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
一种装饰风格,以奇异的交织形式组合为特征
- 2.
art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
(艺术)以人与动物部位不合逻辑地交织植物为特征的
- 3.
Anything grotesque.
任何怪诞的事物
- 4.
A sans serif typeface.
无衬线字体
怪诞的事物；怪异形象；无衬线字体；一种装饰风格,以奇异的交织形式组合为特征；(艺术)以人与动物部位不合逻辑地交织植物为特征的；任何怪诞的事物
In use
The museum’s new exhibition features a 16th-century grotesque from Italy.
Renaissance artists often incorporated grotesques into their frescoes.
The architect insisted on adding a grotesque above the main entrance.
Connections
Collocations
- the grotesque
- 怪诞艺术风格（或怪诞作品的总称）
- The playwright uses the grotesque to expose the absurdity of war.这位剧作家运用怪诞风格来揭露战争的荒诞。
- gargoyles and grotesques
- 滴水嘴兽与怪诞雕像（常见于哥特式建筑）
- The cathedral's gargoyles and grotesques have survived for centuries.这座大教堂的滴水嘴兽与怪诞雕像已经留存了几个世纪。
- ornamental grotesques
- 装饰性怪诞图案（以奇异人兽植物纹样为特色）
- Renaissance interiors were often decorated with ornamental grotesques.文艺复兴时期的室内常常装饰着怪诞图案。
Synonyms
- monstrosity
- 怪异可怕之物；畸形 · 语气比 grotesque 更强，常指巨大、丑陋且吓人的事物；用于抽象事物时不如 grotesque 自然。
- freak
- 怪胎；畸形的人或动物 · 较口语，指人时可能冒犯；grotesque 侧重怪异丑陋，freak 侧重异常。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 grotesque 联想成 'grotto(洞穴)+esque'，想象洞穴壁画上人兽与植物交缠的怪诞图案——这就是 grotesque 怪诞装饰风格。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：art history、literary criticism、typography 作为名词，grotesque 的几个含义（怪诞装饰、怪异形象、无衬线字体）常见于艺术、文学和字体设计等较正式或专业的语境，因此整体语体偏正式。日常口语中很少单用此名词，多使用形容词形式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the final /ɛsk/ sound: desk, picturesque, burlesque, arabesque. Be careful with lookalikes: opaque and unique end in -que but are pronounced /oʊˈpeɪk/ and /juˈniːk/, not /ɛsk/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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