monster
- IPA[ˈmänstər]
美式
- an imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening.；an inhumanly cruel or wicked person
- criticize or reprimand severely
verb: monster, 3rd person present: monsters, gerund or present participle: monstering, past tense: monstered, past participle: monstered
noun: monster, plural noun: monsters
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening. 同義詞
- ▪ an inhumanly cruel or wicked person he was an unfeeling, treacherous monster 同義詞
- ▪ a person, typically a child, who is rude or badly behaved Christopher is only a year old, but already he is a little monster 同義詞
- ▪ a thing or animal that is excessively or dauntingly large this is a monster of a book, almost 2,000 pages a monster 120-mm gun
- ▪ a congenitally malformed or mutant animal or plant.
動詞
- 1. British informal criticize or reprimand severely my mother used to monster me for coming home so late
