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单词 monster
释义
monster
(mɒnstəʳ )
Word forms: monsters
1. countable noun B1
A monster is a large imaginary creature that looks very ugly and frightening.
2. countable noun
A monster is something which is extremely large, especially something which is difficult to manage or which is unpleasant.
...the monster which is now the London marathon.
...the monster of apartheid.
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Monster means extremely and surprisingly large. [informal, emphasis]
...a monster weapon.
The film will be a monster hit.
4. countable noun
If you describe someone as a monster, you mean that they are cruel, frightening, or evil.
Collocations:
battle a monster
The two must battle monster 'elementals' and save the world.
The Sun
The players can then battle their monster teams against each other in real time.
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Animated comic-book adventure about a surgeon who uses mystical powers to battle monsters.
The Sun
You take the role of a musketwielding pirate who battles monsters 'too massive to fit on the screen', in the developer's own words.
Times, Sunday Times
She built caves, battled monsters, used her imagination.
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mechanical monster
To salve his conscience about his literature-destroying work, he rescues random pages from the maw of the mechanical monster and reads them aloud to the commuters on the 6.27am train.
Times, Sunday Times
The dark and grotesque story of a married couple: the wife - a mechanical monster made up of iron parts, and her henpecked husband.
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A fair number of his mechanical monsters fail to achieve a sculptural buzz.
Times, Sunday Times
And how do we deal with the mechanical monsters of the 21st century?
Times, Sunday Times
His view that robots are more than mechanical monsters eventually spread throughout science fiction.
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mythical monster
The film also had cool literary details - a flying car, fancy-schmancy chambers and a mythical monster.
ST
Highlights include a huge parade of fire-breathing dragons, mythical monsters and lanterns.
Times, Sunday Times
His head was protected with a mask of iron, steel or leather, molded in its format or representing mythical monsters.
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prehistoric monster
I assumed there'd be only a dozen of the horrible terrifying prehistoric monsters.
Times, Sunday Times
While many people think these prehistoric monsters are mythical creatures, they could really exist.
The Sun
For more than a hundred years we have become familiar with reconstructions of extraordinary prehistoric monsters; their skeletons anchor our natural history museums.
The Times Literary Supplement
There would be something terrific in dinosaurs, flying lizards, and prehistoric monsters.
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They encounter carnivorous vines, giant prehistoric monsters, volcanic lava pits and whirlpools on the way, finally battling an ogre with the multiple heads of a dragon.
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scary monster
If it's a scary monster, that's one thing.
Globe and Mail
He immediately begs the reader not to finish the book, so as to avoid meeting this dreadful scary monster.
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This has been, by common consent, the year of scary monsters and super creeps.
Times, Sunday Times
Naturally, it entails scary monsters, dangerous obstacles and lots of self-discovery.
The Sun
The rest you can guess if you know the genre: secret government experiments, scary monsters, a parallel world like the inside of an asthmatic lung.
Times, Sunday Times
terrifying monster
The flag could not fly because of a terrifying monster called 'health and safety'.
Times, Sunday Times
I could not get a grip on the terrifying monster that had taken over my life.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet fear gets the better of scientific scepticism, as our hero falls victim to a panic attack, fainting after he thinks he has seen a terrifying monster.
The Times Literary Supplement
At first beautiful, she later transforms into a terrifying monster before disappearing.
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Out of working hours - ie, frequently because they're always off with stress - librarians can be terrifying monsters.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 怪物, 庞大的
Japanese: 怪物, 巨大な
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