1N-COUNT 怪物;妖物 A monster is a large imaginary creature that looks very ugly and frightening. 怪物;妖物
2N-COUNT 庞然大物;棘手的大事情 A monster is something which is extremely large, especially something which is difficult to manage or which is unpleasant. 庞然大物;棘手的大事情
...the monster which is now the London marathon.
目前棘手的大事,即伦敦马拉松赛
...the monster of apartheid.
棘手的种族隔离制
3ADJ [ADJ n]巨大的;庞大的Monster means extremely and surprisingly large. 巨大的;庞大的 [informal, emphasis]
...a monster weapon.
巨型武器
The film will be a monster hit.
这部电影将会非常卖座。
4N-COUNT 残忍的人;吓人的人;恶人 If you describe someone as a monster, you mean that they are cruel, frightening, or evil. 残忍的人;吓人的人;恶人
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MONSTER | MONSTER + VERBADJECTIVE➤big, giant, huge, large龐大的怪物▸➤hideous, horrible, ugly醜惡的/可怕的/醜陋的怪物▸➤bug-eyed, hairy眼睛暴凸的/毛茸茸的怪物◇cheap sci-fi movies with bug-eyed monsters充斥着暴眼怪物的劣質科幻片➤six-eyed, three-headed, etc.六眼、三頭等怪物▸➤evil, heartless, inhuman邪惡的/無情的/殘忍的怪物◇What sort of inhuman monster could do such a thing?什麼樣的野蠻怪物才能做出這樣的事?➤alien, mythical, prehistoric外星/神話中的/史前怪物▸➤sea海怪VERB + MONSTER➤create (oftenfigurative) 創造怪物;帶來問題◇The government has created a bureaucratic monster.政府製造了一個官僚主義大毒瘤。➤battle, defeat, destroy, fight, kill, slay, vanquish (oftenfigurative) 與怪物搏鬥/與危險問題鬥爭;打敗怪物;消滅怪物;與怪物較量;殺死怪物;除掉怪物;征服怪物◇He wanted to fight the monster of poverty.他想和可怕的貧窮較量一番。➤be inhabited by被怪物佔據◇a barren wilderness inhabited by monsters怪物棲身的一片荒野MONSTER + VERB➤attack sb/sth, devour sb/sth, kill sb/sth怪物攻擊⋯/吞噬⋯/殺害⋯➤lurk怪物潛伏➤growl, roar怪物吼叫/咆哮