| 词汇 | horror-story |
| 释义 | horror story noun[ C ] uk /ˈhɒr.ə ˌstɔː.ri/ us /ˈhɔːr.ɚ ˌstɔːr.i/ a frightening story, often about unnatural things happening, for example dead people coming to life: My favourite type of books are horror stories. Horror stories let us discover how we deal with danger and fear. an account of something that goes badly wrong or is very upsetting: Every investor has a different horror story. Ask ten average people to tell you about their most recent medical experience, and nine will have some horror story for you. the usual travel horror stories about delays at the airport and flight cancellations旅行中通常会碰到的机场延误或航班取消等糟糕的经历 She likes horror stories full of blood and gore. You hear horror stories about films going millions of dollars over budget. Every refugee had their own horror story about atrocities being committed in their country. Types of film, play, book etc. action thriller adaptation Afrofuturism Aga saga allegorical anime bodice-ripper boy-meets-girl director's cut non-documentary non-literary one-shot paean parodic parody potboiler psychological sequel stream of consciousness tragicomedy You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Books: kinds of books Accounts and stories horror story | American Dictionaryhorror story noun[ C ] us/ˈhɔr·ər ˌstɔr·i, ˈhɑr·ər, ˌstoʊr·i/ a situation that someone tells you about in which something bad happens: I’ve heard a lot of horror stories about people driving their car and suddenly the steering wheel won’t turn. Examples of horror storyhorror story This useful heuristic revealed a logistical horrorstory. The tragedy is that, almost every day, we hear of another horrorstory about one of our railway services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When full investigations were made, what was discovered reads like a horrorstory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the earlier part of his speech, however, he allowed a positive horrorstory to unfold before our very eyes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a horrorstory for one's constituents, if no other policies are pursued. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyway, what happened was not the horrorstory that people feared. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No week passes without some new horrorstory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Chapter 4 of the report, in particular, is a horrorstory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The water authority's current proposal is a horrorstory by comparison. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it is not a lot lower and it is far from being the horrorstory that we usually read about in the press. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have heard horrorstory after horrorstory like that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not some horrorstory which we see in the cinema and then can forget. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may not sound very imaginative, but this was not a work of fiction, though parts of it read like a horrorstory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, to tell the horrorstory of what would happen if these powers were not given does not exactly help the debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That has rightly been viewed as a potential horrorstory, and we should devote our collective energies to regaining the public's trust. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of horror story These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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