• adj. 痛心的；悲慘的
• v. 使痛苦（harrow的ing形式）；開(kāi)拓
• n. (Harrowing)人名；(英)哈羅因

來(lái)自harrow,靶，耙地。引申詞義傷口上撒鹽的，令人傷心的，最早來(lái)自17世紀(jì)莎士比亞的使用。

harrowing (adj.)

"extremely distressing, painful," 1799 (implied in harrowingly), from present participle of harrow (v.).

1. Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity.

昨晚觸目驚心的電視畫(huà)面墮落到了新低。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. "Rid Of Me" is harrowing, uneasy listening.

《棄我而去》這首歌非常傷感，聽(tīng)起來(lái)很晦澀。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. You've had a harrowing time this past month.

過(guò)去的這個(gè)月你過(guò)得太痛苦了。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. She told us a harrowing tale of misfortunes.

她告訴我們一個(gè)悲慘的故事.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.

那次船難是一個(gè)慘痛的經(jīng)歷.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》