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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

      • If you can call that monstrosity good.
        如果你是说它有另类的美的话。
      • The palace is a monstrosity.
        宫殿建得很怪异。
      • 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。
      • So now we have this monstrosity, let's rewrite our original code fragments using it.
        好现在我们有了这个大怪物,让我们用它重写我们开始的代码片段。
      • 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。
      • Today, it's a bureaucratic monstrosity manned by scores of human resource professionals, ruled by committees and governed by thousands of pages of rules and regulations.
        现在,它成了繁琐拖拉的庞大官僚主义程序,由数十名人力资源专家运作、有委员会进行管理,并有长达数千页的规章制度作出种种限定。
      • You'll have me in some hootchie-mama monstrosity.
        你会让我看起来像跳肚皮舞的怪物。
      • 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!
      • As that monstrosity of venal lust is no longer possible, it is no longer needed.
        以金钱去购买淫欲的丑事既然不可能再存在下去,那么也就不再有需要了。
      • 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。