| 单词 | monstrous |
| 释义 | mon·strous I. 1. obsolete < this ingrateful seat of monstrous friends — Shakespeare > 2. < the moon like a monstrous crystal — G.K.Chesterton > < a monstrous precipice — Thomas Gray > < clad in monstrous coat and huge shoes — C.F.Wittke > < the task may well appear monstrous — C.W.Shumaker > < he seemed of monstrous bulk and significance — G.D.Brown > 3. a. < the subtle, monstrous horror that broke forth last night and went prowling about the old hallways — W.H.Wright > < hate, a monstrous sun that dissolves the bones in the body — Edith Sitwell > b. obsolete < under the whelming tide visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world — John Milton > 4. a. < the monstrous gang who were bringing his country to ruins — Harrison Smith > < a monstrous joke, a deception of matchless cruelty — B.R.Redman > b. < the legend assumed monstrous proportions — Louis Untermeyer > < the search for truth was largely diverted … into a monstrous and deadening discussion — P.E.More > 5. < a monstrous fetus > < a monstrous melon > 6. < the monstrous agnostic — Alistair Cooke > < awakened … by a monstrous hammering on his door — G.D.Brown > Synonyms: < a procession of some of the most obese and monstrous types of humanity. Almost naked, they wandered around the arena, mountains of flesh glistening in the electric light — Hugh Walpole > < monstrous, like a doll that is alive and bigger than the child who tries to hold it — Babette Deutsch > < a monstrous kind of a creature who had never had but one leg, and that in the middle of his body — R.L.Stevenson > prodigious describes what is extraordinarily vast or immense often unexpectedly or disproportionately < notice his prodigious strength. His hand actually seemed like a steel vice that could have crushed mine — Bram Stoker > < the demand was prodigious. Almost unimaginably huge quantities of cotton were consumed in its manufacture and virtual armies of men were engaged in making it — A.C.Morrison > tremendous may apply to the huge or gigantic that arouses dread or awe < the forces that tie an atom together are tremendous — Waldemar Kaempffert > < the younger rock slips from time to time, as some earth movement takes place, and the resultant tremendous jar is felt throughout the region — American Guide Series: Washington > stupendous describes what stuns or amazes, usually because of great size or number, vast complexity, or awesome force < mountain ranges, the most stupendous in the world — Faubion Bowers > < a ray of light tells us of a stupendous catastrophe that occurred in the constellation — Waldemar Kaempffert > monumental refers to that which is impressive or massive enough to serve as a monument — often used figuratively < statues are most successful when they are massive, monumental, and have something approaching an architectural context — John Dewey > < the monumental character demanded by Americans in their public buildings is achieved by the huge 32-story tower — American Guide Series: New York > Synonym: see in addition outrageous. II. chiefly dialect < monstrous pretty girl she was too — Archibald Marshall > < she thought it monstrous vulgar — Harrietta Wilson > |
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