英语词汇“monster”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	monster
释义	mon·ster I. \ˈmänztə(r), -n(t)st-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English monstre, from Middle French, from Latin monstrum evil omen, monster, monstrosity, probably from monēre to remind, warn — more at mind 1. obsolete : something unnaturally marvelous : prodigy 2. a. : an animal or plant departing greatly in form or structure from the usual type of its species — compare teratology 2 b. : one who shows a deviation from the normal in behavior or character < at the heart of the legends the researcher too often discovers a stuffed shirt, a faker, or a moral monster — DeLancey Ferguson > 3. a. : a legendary animal usually of great size and ferocity that has a form either partly brute and partly human or compounded of elements from several brute forms b. : a threatening force : an engulfing power < the same monster — Destiny … that rolls every civilization to doom — W.L.Sullivan > < that monster of a forest fire threatening the town > < the swollen rivers … are monsters — Gordon Cuyler > 4. a. : an animal of strange and often terrifying shape < visualize this scaleless monster, eight or nine feet long, sprawling in the shade by the side of the mud pools — W.E.Swinton > b. : a living thing unusually large for its kind < a monster of nine pounds … was said to be the largest weakfish — Hamilton Basso > c. : something huge and often of unmanageable proportions < better a variety of different sandwiches than one monster which may prove unwieldy — Al Hine > < a great monster of a book — New Yorker > 5. : something monstrous; especially : a person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty < the woman is a monster of egoism — Sylvia T. Warner > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. obsolete : to make a monster of < sure her offense must be of such unnatural degree that monsters it — Shakespeare > 2. : to exhibit as unusual or wonderful III. adjective : enormous in size, extent, or numbers < the shiny black back of a monster sperm whale — H.A.Chippendale > < new monster construction is announced — Flora Lewis > < monster entertainment proves a colossal bore — Saturday Review > < drew up a monster petition — James Leasor > IV. noun 1. : a roving football linebacker who plays in no set position — called also monster back monster man 2. : one that is highly successful < a box-office monster > V. adjective : being or producing a best seller < a monster hit > < monster bands >
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