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单词 monstrosity
释义 mon·stros·i·ty
\mänzˈträsəd.ē, -n(t)ˈst-, -ətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Late Latin monstrositas, from Latin monstrosus, monstruosus monstrous (from monstrum monster + -osus -ous) + -itas -ity — more at monster
1.
 a. : a malformation of a plant or animal
 b. : something showing deviation from the normal
  < whatever a woman has of intelligence and worth … is to be excised as a superfluous growth, a monstrosity — Mary Austin >
 c. : freak 3b
2. obsolete : monster 3a
3. : the quality or state of being monstrous
 < to be lost … does not imply any uncommonness of vice or monstrosity of wickedness — A.B.Davidson >
4.
 a. : an object of terrifying size or force or complexity
  < at night, we steamed through a lane of … monstrosities of ice — H.A.Chippendale >
  < the invention of the atomic bomb and the moral issues in … creating this monstrosity — Harrison Smith >
  < an effective start was made in cleaning up the political and economic monstrosity which passes as our federal tax system — D.A.Reed >
 b. : an excessively bad or shocking example : a hideous thing
  < the day of bigness … resulted in some real monstrosities of landscape art — R.M.Coates >
  < a monstrosity of a Victorian chaise longue — M.R.Ridley >
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