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

• You'll have me in some hootchie-mama monstrosity.
  你会让我看起来像跳肚皮舞的怪物。
• If you can call that monstrosity good.
  如果你是说它有另类的美的话。
• 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。
• The deck of this monstrosity is surrounded by independently-rotating anti-aircraft guns, each one bigger than the tank.
  它的甲板被自主旋转防空机枪环绕着，每个机枪都比坦克大。
• 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。
• The hapless developer of this monstrosity came up with the clever idea of only locking things when they are actually about to be used, but deferring unlocking until the end of a run.
  这个坏程序的开发者起初的想法是好的，即只在真正需要使用之前才锁定这些互斥量，但是他却直到运行结束才解锁。
• 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。
• While we are all being toxified and duped by the monstrosity that is Monsanto, there are some whose lives are being completely ruined by them.
  当我们都被孟山都这个怪物下毒弄晕的时候，有些人的生活则完全地被他们给毁了。
• 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。
• 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。