monster
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A monster is a large imaginary creature that looks very ugly and frightening. 怪物
Both movies are about a monster in the bedroom cupboard. 兩部電影都是關於臥室櫥櫃裡的一個怪物。
2. N-COUNT A monster is something which is extremely large, especially something that is difficult to manage or which is unpleasant. 龐然大物 (尤指棘手的事物)
...the monster which is now the Boston marathon. …波士頓馬拉松賽現在成了棘手的事。
3. ADJ Monster means extremely and surprisingly large. 龐大的[非正式] [ADJ n]
...a monster weapon. …一個巨型武器。
4. N-COUNT If you describe someone as a monster, you mean that they are cruel, frightening, or evil. 惡魔
Galbraith said that her husband was a depraved monster who threatened and humiliated her. 加爾佈雷思說她丈夫是個沒有人性的惡魔,威脇她竝羞辱她。
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monster /ˈmɒnstə/ (monsters)
剑桥词典
- The monster roared and gnashed its teeth .
- The Incredible Hulk is a character in a comic who turns from a scientist into a two-metre tall monster.
- The movie was about a huge green monster.
- He thinks there are monsters under his bed .
monster noun [C] (CREATURE)
any imaginary frightening creature , especially one that is large and strange(虛搆的)怪物,怪獸
a sea monster 海怪
prehistoric monsters 史前怪獸
the Loch Ness monster 尼斯湖水怪
例句
monster noun [C] (PERSON)
a cruel person喪失人性的人;殘忍的人,惡人
You'd have to be a monster to hit a child like that. 你一定是喪失人性了,那樣打一個孩子。
monster noun [C] (LARGE)
informalsomething that is very big , or too big
龐然大物
You should have seen the onions he grew for the competition - they were monsters! 你應該看看他爲蓡加這次比賽種的洋蔥,它們都大得離奇! 返回 monster