| 单词 | monstrous |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['mɔnstrəs] |
| 解释 | adj. 巨大的；可怕的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 巨大的(huge; immense)；可怕的(frightful or hideous in appearance) 【例】 the monstrous policy of genocide(残暴的种族 灭绝政策) |
| 字源 | monstrous (adj.) mid-15c., "unnatural, deviating from the natural order, hideous," from Middle French monstrueux, from Latin monstruosus "strange, unnatural, monstrous," from monstrum (see monster). Meaning "enormous" is from c.1500; that of "outrageously wrong" is from 1570s. Earlier form monstruous (late 14c., from Old French monstruous) was "very common in the 16th c." [OED]. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 巨大的并且丑陋可怕的 【记】源于: monster(n 半人半马的怪物) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】monster 怪物 |
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