名詞 monster:

1. an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
2. someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
   同義詞：giant, goliath, behemoth, colossus
3. a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
   同義詞：freak, monstrosity, lusus naturae
4. a cruel wicked and inhuman person
   同義詞：fiend, devil, demon, ogre
5. (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
   同義詞：teras

1. I'm frightened of the monster.
   我怕妖怪。
2. He was possessed with a monster.
   他被一個(gè)怪物纏上了。
3. This machine is a real monster.
   這臺(tái)機(jī)器真是個(gè)龐然大物。
4. Dinosaurs are monsters.
   恐龍是種巨獸。

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n.（名詞）

An imaginary or legendary creature, such as a centaur or Harpy, that combines parts from various animal or human forms.
怪物：一個(gè)想象或傳說(shuō)中的由各種獸形或人形組成的怪物，如半人半馬的怪物或哈比（一種怪物）
A creature having a strange or frightening appearance.
外表奇特或恐怖的動(dòng)物
An animal, a plant, or other organism having structural defects or deformities.
畸形生物：有結(jié)構(gòu)缺陷或畸形的動(dòng)物、植物或其他生物
Pathology A fetus or an infant that is grotesquely abnormal and usually not viable.
【病理學(xué)】 畸胎：畸形的且通常不能成活的胎兒或嬰兒
A very large animal, plant, or object.
巨形動(dòng)物、植物或物體
One who inspires horror or disgust:
讓人感到恐懼或厭惡的人：
例句：
a monster of selfishness.
極其自私的人

來(lái)源：
Middle English monstre
中古英語(yǔ) monstre
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin mônstrum [portent, monster]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) mônstrum [奇事，怪物]
from monôre [to warn] * see men-
源自 monôre [警告] *參見(jiàn) men-