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这些形容词指任何被认为奇怪、古怪、不寻常、不正常、丑陋或畸形的东西。Bizarre指奇怪或不寻常，尤其当这些词所呈现的形式意料不到，前后不一和耸人听闻而产生震惊和惊讶时：skyscrapers that were as bizarre to them as their village of tiny houses would have been to us; the flamboyant Gothic style in which the stonework of the arches and windows took on bizarre convoluted designs. Grotesque更多地表示古怪的和畸形的，尤其是当它被看作是某些标准的可笑的或可怕的夸张时：Falstaff and the other grotesque cronies of the young prince; children with grotesque,cadaverous bodies, blighted by disease and malnutrition. Fantastic比之前的形容词更加普通也更不具体。它可以被用于富于幻想的或梦幻的任何东西，或是看上去偏离现实常识的东西：the fantastic nightmare world of Hieronymus Bosch; a fantastic tower made of concrete, bottles,hubcaps, and cans. Fantastic经常被用于夸张任何愉悦的，好的或出乎寻常的东西。Weird与fantastic相似点在于都表示与普通现实的巨大反差：a weird feeling that time was standing still as the car hurtled down the cliff; weird forms of ocean life that flourish where sunlight never reaches them. Weird也经常被用于任何稍微不寻常的事物的夸张。Outlandish曾表示处于文化中心边缘的人的典型行为。现在，它更多地指任何不寻常到令人震惊或愤怒程度的事物：the outlandish look of the four backup singers. 反义词：normal, unexceptional. 翻译自《choose the right word》
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