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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

      • 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。