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

• 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。
• 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。
• If you can call that monstrosity good.
  如果你是说它有另类的美的话。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• The palace is a monstrosity.
  宫殿建得很怪异。
• 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。
• If people will pay extra for meat from a monstrosity like the Belgian blue, anything is possible.
  也许人们乐于为购买像比利时蓝色那样的巨型怪物的肉而多套腰包呐，任何事情皆有可能。