monstrosity
英 [mɒnˈstrɒsəti]
美 [mɑːnˈstrɑːsəti]
n. 巨大而丑陋之物(尤指建筑)
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- a concrete monstrosity
混凝土建成的庞大怪物
- a concrete monstrosity
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.- 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。
- Most of the older buildings have been torn down and replaced by modern monstrosities.
英英释义
noun
- something hideous or frightful
- they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - The palace is a monstrosity.
宫殿建得很怪异。 - 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。 - London is the grandest and most complex monstrosity on earth.
伦敦是世界上最庞大最复杂的怪物。 - That monstrosity they call a shopping mall!
那个他们称之为购物中心的巨大而丑陋的建筑。 - However, when combined with the western standard of wide jaw bone and a big smile, it creates a monstrosity that most Chinese man will turn away from.
然而,结合西方标准的宽下颚骨和大笑脸,便造就了一个中国人看了想吐的怪物。 - That new multi storey car park is an utter monstrosity!
那座新建的多层停车场难看极了! - 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! - 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。
