gut-wrenching

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gut-wrenching

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈgut-ˌwrenching adjective making you feel very upset or anxious 令人断肠的，极度痛苦的 a gut-wrenching description of life in the war zone 对战区生活令人揪心的描述

ˈgut-ˌwrenching adjectiveChineseSyllable

gut-wrenching
ˈgut-ˌwrenching

adjective
making you feel very upset or anxious:

a gut-wrenching description of life in the war zone

gut-wrench·ing

BrE

/ˈɡʌt rentʃɪŋ/

NAmE

/ˈɡʌt rentʃɪŋ/

adjective

(

informal

)

very unpleasant; making you feel very upset 倒胃口的；非常讨厌的；令人厌烦的

breeze, buffet2, calm, force, gale, gust, hurricane, prevailing, tornado, wind1