monster

noun

/ˈmɒnstə(r)/

/ˈmɑːnstər/

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(in stories) an imaginary creature that is very large, ugly and frightening
- a monster with three heads
- prehistoric monsters
see also green-eyed monster
Extra Examples
- a barren wilderness inhabited by monsters
- cheap sci-fi films with bug-eyed monsters
- (figurative) He wanted to fight the monster of poverty.
- (figurative) I wanted to fight these monsters: I didn't want to go on living with them.
- (figurative) The government has created a bureaucratic monster.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- giant
- huge
- …
verb + monster
- create
- battle
- defeat
- …
monster + verb
- attack somebody/something
- devour somebody/something
- kill somebody/something
- …
See full entry
an animal or a thing that is very large or ugly
- Their dog's an absolute monster!
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- giant
- huge
- …
verb + monster
- create
- battle
- defeat
- …
monster + verb
- attack somebody/something
- devour somebody/something
- kill somebody/something
- …
See full entry
a person who is very cruel and evil
- The man is a monster; he terrifies me.
- What sort of inhuman monster could do such a thing?
- The tabloid papers labelled him ‘an evil sex monster’.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- giant
- huge
- …
verb + monster
- create
- battle
- defeat
- …
monster + verb
- attack somebody/something
- devour somebody/something
- kill somebody/something
- …
See full entry
(humorous) a child who behaves badly

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’.

单词	monster
释义	monster noun /ˈmɒnstə(r)/ /ˈmɑːnstər/ jump to other results (in stories) an imaginary creature that is very large, ugly and frightening a monster with three heads prehistoric monsters see also green-eyed monster Extra Examples a barren wilderness inhabited by monsters cheap sci-fi films with bug-eyed monsters (figurative) He wanted to fight the monster of poverty. (figurative) I wanted to fight these monsters: I didn't want to go on living with them. (figurative) The government has created a bureaucratic monster. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big giant huge … verb + monster create battle defeat … monster + verb attack somebody/something devour somebody/something kill somebody/something … See full entry an animal or a thing that is very large or ugly Their dog's an absolute monster! Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big giant huge … verb + monster create battle defeat … monster + verb attack somebody/something devour somebody/something kill somebody/something … See full entry a person who is very cruel and evil The man is a monster; he terrifies me. What sort of inhuman monster could do such a thing? The tabloid papers labelled him ‘an evil sex monster’. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big giant huge … verb + monster create battle defeat … monster + verb attack somebody/something devour somebody/something kill somebody/something … See full entry (humorous) a child who behaves badly Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’. monster adjective /ˈmɒnstə(r)/ /ˈmɑːnstər/ [only before noun] (informal) jump to other results unusually large synonym giant monster mushrooms Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’.
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