名複: monsters
monster
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n.[C]
- 怪物，妖怪
- 【口】巨人；巨獸；巨大的東西
- 兇惡的人，殘忍的人，魔鬼般的人
a.
- 巨大的，龐大的[Z][B]
辨析
同義:
n.怪物，妖怪
centaur chimera cockatrice basilisk hippocampus hippogriff manticore roc satyr sea serpent monster unicornn.魔鬼，殘忍的人，惡人
fiend brute demon devil miscreant villain destroyer exterminator annihilator ogre goliath titann.巨大的東西，巨獸
giant behemoth enormity colossus jumboa.非常大的
huge enormous gigantic同義參見:
abnormality terror以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
n.
- a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature. ▸an inhumanly cruel or wicked person.▸humorous a rude or badly behaved child.
- a congenitally malformed or mutant animal or plant.
- [as modifier] informal extraordinarily large.
v.
Brit. informal criticize severely.Etymology
ME: from OFr. monstre, from L. monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》
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