(in stories) an imaginary creature that is very large, ugly and frightening （传说中的）怪物，怪兽 a monster with three heads 三头怪兽 prehistoric monsters 史前怪物
Extra Examplesa barren wilderness inhabited by monsters 怪物栖身的一片荒野 cheap sci-fi films with bug-eyed monsters 充斥着暴眼怪物的廉价科幻片 - (figurative)
He wanted to fight the monster of poverty. 他想和可怕的贫穷较量一番。 - (figurative)
I wanted to fight these monsters: I didn't want to go on living with them. 我想解决这些问题，我不想再忍受下去了。 - (figurative)
The government has created a bureaucratic monster. 政府制造了一个官僚主义大毒瘤。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- giant
- huge
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- create
- battle
- defeat
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- attack somebody/something
- devour somebody/something
- kill somebody/something
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an animal or a thing that is very large or ugly 庞然大物；庞大的丑怪物；丑恶的东西 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- giant
- huge
- …
- create
- battle
- defeat
- …
- attack somebody/something
- devour somebody/something
- kill somebody/something
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a person who is very cruel and evil 恶棍；恶魔 The man is a monster; he terrifies me. 那男人是个恶棍，我见到他就害怕。 What sort of inhuman monster could do such a thing? 什么样的野蛮怪物才能做出这样的事？ The tabloid papers labelled him ‘an evil sex monster’. 小报称他为“邪恶的色魔”。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- giant
- huge
- …
- create
- battle
- defeat
- …
- attack somebody/something
- devour somebody/something
- kill somebody/something
- …
- (humorous)
a child who behaves badly 小恶魔；小坏蛋
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’.