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单词 frankenstein
释义 frank·en·stein
\ˈfraŋkənˌstīn sometimes -tēn\ noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: after Baron Frankenstein, hero of the novel Frankenstein (1818) by Mary W. Shelley died 1851 English novelist, whose life is ruined by a monster he created from parts of corpses and endowed with life; from his name being taken to be the name of the monster he created
1. : a monster in the shape of a man; especially : one resembling the man-made monster of the novel Frankenstein
 < he learned the art of making theatrical masks with plastic materials … would appear before his mother or guests as a Frankenstein with a bloody hole in his forehead, from which protruded a spike — Victor Eisenstein >
2. : a work or agency that proves troublesomely uncontrollable especially to its creator; especially : one that ultimately destroys or ruins its creator
 < warfare has ever been the creature of man's ingenuity and has today become the Frankenstein that may indeed destroy the human race — A.M.Prentiss >
 < if the scientific method … is not to become a consuming Frankenstein, it must be extended to the admittedly more complex and baffling problems of human relationships — C.F.Richards >
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