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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarymon·ster I \ˈmän(t)-stər\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English monstre, from Anglo-French, from Latin monstrum omen, monster, from monēre to warn — more at mind DATE 14th century1. a. an animal or plant of abnormal form or structure b. one who deviates from normal or acceptable behavior or character2. a threatening force3. a. an animal of strange or terrifying shape b. one unusually large for its kind4. something monstrous; especially : a person of unnatural or extreme ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty5. one that is highly successful II adjective DATE 1837: enormous or impressive especially in size, extent, or numbersEnglish Etymologymonster c.1300, "malformed animal, creature afflicted with a birth defect," from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. monstre, from L. monstrum "monster, monstrosity, omen, portent, sign," from root of monere "warn" (see monitor). Abnormal or prodigious animals were regarded as signs or omens of impending evil. Extended c.1385 to imaginary animals composed of parts of creatures (centaur, griffin, etc.). Meaning "animal of vast size" is from 1530; sense of "person of inhuman cruelty or wickedness" is from 1556. In O.E., the monster Grendel was an aglæca, a word related to aglæc "calamity, terror, distress, oppression."Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7monstermon·ster / 5mCnstE(r); NAmE 5mB:n- / noun1. (in stories) an imaginary creature that is very large, ugly and frightening (传说中的)怪物,怪兽: a monster with three heads 三头怪兽 prehistoric monsters 史前怪物 2. an animal or a thing that is very large or ugly 庞然大物；庞大的丑怪物；丑恶的东西: Their dog's an absolute monster! 他们那条狗好大哟！ 3. a person who is very cruel and evil 恶棍；恶魔4. (humorous) a child who behaves badly 小恶魔；小坏蛋adjective[only before noun] (informal) unusually large 巨大的；庞大的 SYN giant : monster mushrooms 巨大的蘑菇 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishmonster noun ADJ. big, huge, large | ugly | bug-eyed, hairy, scaly cheap sci-fi films with bug-eyed monsters | evil | alien, mythical, prehistoric | sea | sex The tabloid papers labelled him ‘an evil sex monster’. | Frankenstein's Bad organizations are self-created Frankenstein's monsters, beyond the control or influence of their leaders. VERB + MONSTER create (often figurative) The government has created a bureaucratic monster. | fight (often figurative) I wanted to fight these monsters: I didn't want to go on living with them. | be inhabited by a barren wilderness inhabited by monsters MONSTER + VERB devour sb/sthOLTmonster noun⇨ villainWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedmon·sterI. \ˈmänztə(r), -n(t)st-\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English monstre, from Middle French, from Latin monstrum evil omen, monster, monstrosity, probably from monēre to remind, warn — more at mind1. obsolete : something unnaturally marvelous : prodigy2. a. : an animal or plant departing greatly in form or structure from the usual type of its species — compare teratology 2 b. : one who shows a deviation from the normal in behavior or character < at the heart of the legends the researcher too often discovers a stuffed shirt, a faker, or a moral monster — DeLancey Ferguson >3. a. : a legendary animal usually of great size and ferocity that has a form either partly brute and partly human or compounded of elements from several brute forms b. : a threatening force : an engulfing power < the same monster — Destiny … that rolls every civilization to doom — W.L.Sullivan > < that monster of a forest fire threatening the town > < the swollen rivers … are monsters — Gordon Cuyler >4. a. : an animal of strange and often terrifying shape < visualize this scaleless monster, eight or nine feet long, sprawling in the shade by the side of the mud pools — W.E.Swinton > b. : a living thing unusually large for its kind < a monster of nine pounds … was said to be the largest weakfish — Hamilton Basso > c. : something huge and often of unmanageable proportions < better a variety of different sandwiches than one monster which may prove unwieldy — Al Hine > < a great monster of a book — New Yorker >5. : something monstrous; especially : a person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty < the woman is a monster of egoism — Sylvia T. Warner >II. transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s)1. obsolete : to make a monster of < sure her offense must be of such unnatural degree that monsters it — Shakespeare >2. : to exhibit as unusual or wonderfulIII. adjective: enormous in size, extent, or numbers < the shiny black back of a monster sperm whale — H.A.Chippendale > < new monster construction is announced — Flora Lewis > < monster entertainment proves a colossal bore — Saturday Review > < drew up a monster petition — James Leasor >IV. noun1. : a roving football linebacker who plays in no set position — called also monster back monster man2. : one that is highly successful < a box-office monster >V. adjective: being or producing a best seller < a monster hit > < monster bands >

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