monster
noun /ˈmɒnstə(r)/
/ˈmɑːnstər/
- (in stories) an imaginary creature that is very large, ugly and frightening
（传说中的）怪物，怪兽 - a monster with three heads
三头怪兽 - prehistoric monsters
史前怪物
- a barren wilderness inhabited by monsters
怪物栖身的一片荒野 - cheap sci-fi films with bug-eyed monsters
充斥着暴眼怪物的廉价科幻片 - (figurative) He wanted to fight the monster of poverty.
他想和可怕的贫穷较量一番。 - (figurative) I wanted to fight these monsters: I didn't want to go on living with them.
我想解决这些问题，我不想再忍受下去了。 - (figurative) The government has created a bureaucratic monster.
政府制造了一个官僚主义大毒瘤。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- giant
- huge
- …
- create
- battle
- defeat
- …
- attack somebody/something
- devour somebody/something
- kill somebody/something
- …
- a monster with three heads
- an animal or a thing that is very large or ugly
庞然大物；庞大的丑怪物；丑恶的东西 - Their dog's an absolute monster!
他们的狗是一头庞然大物！
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- giant
- huge
- …
- create
- battle
- defeat
- …
- attack somebody/something
- devour somebody/something
- kill somebody/something
- …
- Their dog's an absolute monster!
- a person who is very cruel and evil
恶棍；恶魔 - The man is a monster; he terrifies me.
那男人是个恶棍，我见到他就害怕。 - What sort of inhuman monster could do such a thing?
什么样的野蛮怪物才能做出这样的事？ - The tabloid papers labelled him ‘an evil sex monster’.
小报称他为“邪恶的色魔”。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- giant
- huge
- …
- create
- battle
- defeat
- …
- attack somebody/something
- devour somebody/something
- kill somebody/something
- …
- The man is a monster; he terrifies me.
- (humorous) a child who behaves badly
小恶魔；小坏蛋
词源late Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’.