monster

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

中文释义

英 /ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/ 美 /ˈmɑnstɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.

A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.

— O, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear,/ to make an earthquake.
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.; A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.

— Get away from those children, you monster!
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.; A badly behaved person, especially a child; a brat. figuratively,humorous

— Sit still, you little monster!
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.; A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain. informal

— That dude playing guitar is a monster.
A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).; Something very or unusually large. informal

— Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.
A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).; A deformed animal or person (especially, a severely deformed one); in previous centuries often taken as an ill omen at the time of its birth. (Offensive when applied to humans in modern usage.) archaic

— The villagers were worried because the weather had been strange and several monsters had been born among the flocks and people.
A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).; A deformed animal or person (especially, a severely deformed one); in previous centuries often taken as an ill omen at the time of its birth. (Offensive when applied to humans in modern usage.); A disabled person. archaic,offensive
A bizarre or whimsical creature.

— The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster.
A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob

动词 v.

To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise. transitive

— Animals in our world have been monstered by human action as much as the free beasts of the pre-lapsarian state were monstered by the primal crime.
To behave as a monster to; to terrorise. intransitive

— In 2002, American interrogators on the ground in Afghanistan developed a technique they called “monstering.” The commander “instituted a new rule that a prisoner could be kept awake and in the booth for as long as an interrogator could last.” One “monstering” interrogator engaged in this for thirty hours.¹⁷⁷
To harass. Australia

— Andy Roddick has been monstered by both Federer and Nadal and suffered a 6-2 7-5 7-5 semi-final loss at the hands of the Swiss champion.
To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants. UK

— Are you monstering that event?

形容词 adj.

Very large; worthy of a monster. informal,not-comparable

— He has a monster appetite.
Great; very good; excellent. informal,not-comparable

— “You did great today,” I told Josh. “You were monster.” “yeah,” he said. “I was monster. Thank you, Charlie.”

词形变化

monsters plural monstre alternative,obsolete monstre alternative,obsolete monsters present,singular,third-person monstering participle,present monstered participle,past monstered past monstre alternative,obsolete

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti
Proto-Italic *moneō
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Italic *-trom
Proto-Italic *monestrom
Latin mōnstrumbor.
Old French monstrebor.
Middle English monstre
English monster
From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum. Displaced native Old English fīfel and Old English þyrs.

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