"causing horror," 1650s, from French horrifique or directly from Latin horrificus "dreadful, exciting terror," literally "making the hair stand on end," from horrere "to bristle, to stand on end" (see horror) + -ficus, from stem of facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Related: Horrifically.
雙語例句
1. The annual slaughter of wildlife in Italy is horrific.
在意大利，每年大量捕殺野生動物的現(xiàn)象令人震驚。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The slaughter was horrific.
屠殺令人震驚。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The film showed the most horrific murder scenes.
那部影片有極恐怖的謀殺場面.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The aid coming in has made no impression on the horrific death rates.
逐漸到達的救援對可怕的死亡率并沒有起到什么作用。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Although the offences were horrific it was to her credit that she had owned up.