| 释义 |
gross-out, n. and a. slang (chiefly U.S.).
Brit. |ˈgrəʊsaʊt|, U.S. |ˈgroʊsˌaʊt|
[‹ to gross out at gross v. Additions]
A. n. An instance of (deliberately) crude or disgusting behaviour; a repellent or shocking person or thing.
1966Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 1 iii. 3 Those guys were having quite a gross-out at the next table. 1984New Yorker 7 May 30/3 Heads splatter and drip in bright, gory reds... It's so stupefyingly obvious and repetitive..that you're not..emotionally affected; it's just a gross-out. 2001C. Glazebrook Madolescents 64 His check shirt's stained with sweat under the armpits, total gross-out.
B. adj. Shocking, repellent, disgusting; esp. (of a film) featuring crude or base humour; very violent or gory.
1973Amer. Speech 48 157 That was a real gross-out party. 1974Advocate (Newark, Ohio) 28 June 17/1 Brooks and his fellow writers..have gathered all the moldy cliches from reels of Westerns..and slapped them back together in a grossout collage. 1992N.Y. Mag. 3 Feb. 68/1 Although the movie's filled with bad sights..Naked Lunch isn't really a gross-out movie. 2002M. Gayle Dinner for Two 73 Trevor, who is a huge fan of Hollywood gross-out comedies, can't make up his mind between There's Something About Mary and American Pie, but says he's not bothered either way. |