strange in a way that is unpleasant or offensive 怪诞的；荒唐的；荒谬的 extremely ugly in a strange way that is often frightening or funny 丑陋奇异的；奇形怪状的 It was a grotesque figure with a snarling beast's head. 那是个奇形怪状的人像，长着一个咆哮的野兽的头。 tribal dancers wearing grotesque masks 戴着奇异面具的部落舞者 She was frightened by the grotesque appearance of the mime artists. 她被哑剧艺术家们怪异的外表吓坏了。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as noun): from French crotesque (the earliest form in English), from Italian grottesca, from opera or pittura grottesca ‘work or painting resembling that found in a grotto’; “grotto” here probably denoted the rooms of ancient buildings in Rome which had been revealed by excavations, and which contained murals in the grotesque style.