monster

名词 monster:

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

1. I'm frightened of the monster.
   我怕妖怪。
2. He was possessed with a monster.
   他被一个怪物缠上了。
3. This machine is a real monster.
   这台机器真是个庞然大物。
4. Dinosaurs are monsters.
   恐龙是种巨兽。

mon.ster

n.（名词）

An imaginary or legendary creature, such as a centaur or Harpy, that combines parts from various animal or human forms.
怪物：一个想象或传说中的由各种兽形或人形组成的怪物，如半人半马的怪物或哈比（一种怪物）
A creature having a strange or frightening appearance.
外表奇特或恐怖的动物
An animal, a plant, or other organism having structural defects or deformities.
畸形生物：有结构缺陷或畸形的动物、植物或其他生物
Pathology A fetus or an infant that is grotesquely abnormal and usually not viable.
【病理学】 畸胎：畸形的且通常不能成活的胎儿或婴儿
A very large animal, plant, or object.
巨形动物、植物或物体
One who inspires horror or disgust:
让人感到恐惧或厌恶的人：
例句：
a monster of selfishness.
极其自私的人

来源：
Middle English monstre
中古英语 monstre
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin mônstrum [portent, monster]
源自 拉丁语 mônstrum [奇事，怪物]
from monôre [to warn] * see men-
源自 monôre [警告] *参见 men-