| 单词 | monster |
| 释义 | monster (once / 158 pages) n Monsters are imaginary scary creatures that lurk in dark places and horror movies. If it's got 3 heads, shark teeth and lives under your bed, then it's probably a monster. Monsters are big. Monsters are hairy. And monsters are certainly scary. Think of the Abominable Snow Man, that Loch Ness creature, or even Shrek — even though he's technically an ogre. This word isn't only for the imaginary, though: you could call anything freakish, frightening, or particularly evil a monster, like a cruel murderer or even a really big, violent storm. WORD FAMILYmonster: monsters, monstrous+/monstrosity: monstrosities/monstrous: monstrosity, monstrousest, monstrously USAGE EXAMPLES“I used to look at myself and think, ‘I am horrible, I am a monster, subhuman,’” he said. New York Times(May 02, 2016) This monster McCrory created, though, lives on in his absence. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) It is we who are the true monsters and brutes and demons and wild things, not them. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) 1n an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts Exp|Hypo|Hyper Sasquatch large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada Loch Ness monstera large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland Fafnir(Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd Python(Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi Eumenides(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear an imaginary monster used to frighten children mythical creature, mythical monstera monster renowned in folklore and myth legendary creaturea monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual amphisbaena(classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body basilisk(classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance centaur(classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse Cerberus, hellhound(Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon Chimaera, Chimera(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon cockatricemonster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance dragon, firedrakea creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings Geryon(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules Gorgon(Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone griffin, griffon, gryphonwinged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion Harpy(Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman Hydra(Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones leviathanmonstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament mantichora, manticora, manticore, mantigera mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion Minotaur(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus Nemean lion(Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors rocmythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength salamanderreptilian creature supposed to live in fire Sphinx(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon troll(Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains Typhoeus(Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fire Typhon(Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx loup-garou, lycanthrope, werewolf, wolfmana monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again imaginary being, imaginary creature a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction 2n someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful Syn|Hyper behemoth, colossus, giant, goliath anomaly, unusual person a person who is unusual 3n a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed Syn|Hypo|Hyper freak, lusus naturae, monstrosity leviathan the largest or most massive thing of its kind mutant, mutation, sport, variation (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration 4n a cruel wicked and inhuman person Syn|Hypo|Hyper demon, devil, fiend, ogre demoniac someone who acts as if possessed by a demon disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable 5n (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus Syn|Hyper teras fetus, foetus an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal |
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