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monstrosity

英 [mɒnˈstrɒsəti]

美 [mɑːnˈstrɑːsəti]

n.  巨大而丑陋之物(尤指建筑)

复数:monstrosities 

医学

BNC.19780 / COCA.20121

牛津词典

    noun

    • 巨大而丑陋之物(尤指建筑)
      something that is very large and very ugly, especially a building
      1. a concrete monstrosity
        混凝土建成的庞大怪物

    柯林斯词典

    • N-COUNT 极其丑陋的庞然大物
      If you describe something, especially something large, as amonstrosity, you mean that you think it is extremely ugly.
      1. Most of the older buildings have been torn down and replaced by modern monstrosities.
        大部分旧建筑已被拆除,取而代之的是丑陋的现代建筑物。

    英英释义

    noun

    • something hideous or frightful
      1. they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity
    • a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
        Synonym:freakmonsterlusus naturae

      双语例句

      • They put too heavy a burden on it, so the final product has become an oversized monstrosity capable of doing nothing.
        但他们给它背负了过重的负担,以至于最终产品竟然成了一个排不上用场的怪物。
      • That new multi storey car park is an utter monstrosity!
        那座新建的多层停车场难看极了!
      • I wash't expecting somewhere called meadow court to be a huge concrete monstrosity.
        我没料到一个名叫草地公寓的地方会是一幢庞大的混凝土怪物。
      • But the actor might have gone for something a little more attractive than the ugly, teal green monstrosity he was zooming around in.
        然而,吸引这位演员的应该不仅仅是他所驾驶的那辆丑陋的蓝绿色怪物!
      • The Eiffel Tower was considered a monstrosity when it was first built.
        埃菲尔铁塔初建成时被视为丑陋的庞然大物。
      • EXAMPLE: Some people liked the famous architect's unusual new office building, but other people considered it to be a monstrosity.
        有些人喜欢这位著名建筑师设计的奇特的新办公楼,但也有些人认为它是个大怪物。
      • You'll have me in some hootchie-mama monstrosity.
        你会让我看起来像跳肚皮舞的怪物。
      • While we are all being toxified and duped by the monstrosity that is Monsanto, there are some whose lives are being completely ruined by them.
        当我们都被孟山都这个怪物下毒弄晕的时候,有些人的生活则完全地被他们给毁了。
      • An uplifting gospel tune with a ferocious polemic on the monstrosity of Hollywood culture?
        高亢的福音曲调之后,是对好莱坞文化这个怪兽的激烈驳斥。
      • Letting you create such a monstrosity.
        你父母送你上学就是叫你画这么个怪物吗?