monster

英 ['mɒnstə] 美['mɑnstɚ]

近义词oddity miracle marvel phenomenon prodigy wonder aberration anomaly abnormality spectacle peculiarity nonesuch rarity deviant

n. 怪物；巨人，巨兽；残忍的人
adj. 巨大的，庞大的

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中文词源

monster 怪物，恶魔

来自拉丁语monere,警告，词源同admonish,monitor.-ster,贬义后缀。用于指怪物，恶魔，在古代出现反常的现象或怪物通常意味着上帝对人的警告。

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复数: monsters;

英文词源

monster: monster: [13] Monster originated as a word for a ‘divine omen or warning’. It goes back via Old French monstre to Latin mōnstrum, a derivative of the verb monēre ‘warn’. From its original sense ‘warning of misfortune, evil omen’, mōnstrum was transferred to the sort of thing that could function as such an omen – a ‘prodigy’, or a ‘misshapen or horrifying creature’ – whence the meaning of English monster.

The word’s connotations of ‘largeness’ seem to be rather more recent, first emerging in English in the 16th century. Other English derivatives of mōnstrum, some of them reflecting a later sense of monēre, ‘show, inform’, rather than the original ‘warn’, include demonstrate [16], monstrance [16], muster [13] (which originally meant ‘display’), and remonstrate [16].

And from monēre itself come admonish, monitor [16], monument [13], premonition [16], and summon [13].
=> admonish, demonstrate, monitor, monument, muster, premonition, remonstrate, summon
monster (n.): early 14c., "malformed animal or human, creature afflicted with a birth defect," from Old French monstre, mostre "monster, monstrosity" (12c.), and directly from Latin monstrum "divine omen, portent, sign; abnormal shape; monster, monstrosity," figuratively "repulsive character, object of dread, awful deed, abomination," from root of monere "warn" (see monitor (n.)). Abnormal or prodigious animals were regarded as signs or omens of impending evil. Extended by late 14c. to imaginary animals composed of parts of creatures (centaur, griffin, etc.). Meaning "animal of vast size" is from 1520s; sense of "person of inhuman cruelty or wickedness" is from 1550s. As an adjective, "of extraordinary size," from 1837. In Old English, the monster Grendel was an aglæca, a word related to aglæc "calamity, terror, distress, oppression."

双语例句

1. During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies.: 20世纪80年代，一些出版巨头开始吞并一些较小的公司。

2. She was a monster. For one thing, she really enjoyed cruelty.: 她是个恶魔。一方面，她确实以残忍为乐。

3. The film will be a monster hit.: 这部电影将会非常卖座。

4. Sarah jokingly called her "my monster": 萨拉戏称她为“我的怪兽”。

5. a monster with three heads: 三头怪兽

英英释意

1. an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts

2. someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

3. a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

4. a cruel wicked and inhuman person

5. (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus

考试真题

Saddest of all is when children catch a glimpse of the masked fire fighter but hide because they think they have seen a monster.

They mistake the firefighters for monsters.

Kids should learn not to be afraid of monsters

Monsters may appear or the night will fall.

The competition organizer, Lady Tottington, hires Wallace and Gromit to catch the monster alive.

Only then will they be useful servants and not Frankenstein's out-of-control monster.

实用场景例句

a monster with three heads: 三头怪兽

prehistoric monsters: 史前怪物

Their dog's an absolute monster!: 他们那条狗好大哟！

monster mushrooms: 巨大的蘑菇

...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

...a monster weapon...: 巨型武器

The film will be a monster hit.: 这部电影将会非常卖座。

His Adi is more terrifying than any monster.: 他笔下的阿迪比任何恶魔都恐怖.

Through many year's development , Monster has own research and with powerful technology.: 拥有自己的研发人员、及雄厚的技术力量.

The dreaded sea monster has been eating fisherman.: 那个可怕的海怪吃掉了渔夫.

It was once called " a giraffe, " " the world's greatest lamppost, " " the iron monster. ": 铁塔被叫做 “ 长颈鹿” 、 “ 世界上最高大的电杆” 、 “ 铁怪 ”.

They can only be monsters if I am a monster.: 除非我是妖怪他们才可能是妖怪.

This is a horrible monster.: 这是一个可怕的怪物.

Once upon a time, there a monster without a name.: 从前,在某个地方, 有头没有名字的怪物.

Here's a sea monster skull,'she told us.: “这是海怪的头骨, ” 她告诉我们.

He looks just like that monster, the executioner!: 他看起来就像那个怪物, 那个侩子手!

He is the stereotyped monster of the horror films and the adventure books, and an obvious ( though not perhaps strictly scientific ) link with our ancestral past.: 它们是恐怖电影和惊险小说中的老一套的怪物, 并且与我们的祖先有着明显的 ( 虽然可能没有科学的 ) 联系.

For security purposes this new monster was assigned the code name Mouse.: 为了迷惑间谍,给这一新的庞然大物起一个代号为“鼠”.

Motou monster appears, press the corresponding number key target shooting.: 魔头妖怪出现的时候, 按对应的数字键瞄准射击.

It always turns out to be not that great big monster you saw.: 它总是变成不像你想像中那麽严重.

The name of this monster was Richard Wagner.: 这位怪人的名字就是理查德·瓦格纳.

It's the sin of greed that brings the monster, the Jaws , the shark, into Amity.: 就是他们的贪婪把恶魔, 酋斯, 鲨鱼引到了艾米特镇.

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