| 词汇 | monstrosity |
| 释义 | monstrosity noun[ C ] uk /mɒnˈstrɒs.ə.ti/ us /mɑːnˈstrɑː.sə.t̬i/ something that is very ugly and usually large: 巨大而丑陋的东西 The new office building is a real monstrosity.新的办公大楼真是个庞大的怪物。 Not attractive to look at back end be no oil paintingidiom be not much to look atidiom bleakly bleakness gopping gracelessly have a face like the back end of a busidiom hideous hideousness putridly reptilian scrappily scrappy stolid unpretty unshapely unsightly vulgarity vulgarly monstrosity | American Dictionarymonstrosity noun[ C ] us/mɑnˈstrɑs·ɪ·t̬i/ something that is very ugly and usually large: That new office building is a real monstrosity. Examples of monstrositymonstrosity There are usages which he describes variously as "regrettable" or "vulgar" or "barbarous" or "monstrosities". The problem, however, is that he succeeded, and this success is a monstrosity. These crucial signs of guilt, of crimes against the community, can be summed up in one word: monstrosity. The word-processor, with all its supporting program apparatus, may be able to take care of some hyphenation, but it too can produce monstrosities. In its exploration of inter-species intimacy and monstrosity, the film associates the alien monster with a natural world that is threatened by corporate capitalism. There is no going back; the monstrosity must be lived with. He finally acknowledged that it was 'a monstrosity and a blunder'. This paradox of monstrosity, then, is also the paradox of femininity. This titanic project of constructing such a language and translating science into it, of course, sank from its own monstrosity without need for an iceberg. They would be unworkable monstrosities with very few useful instincts, fewer recognizable sentiments, and no intellect: mental basket cases. A male dancer performing anything other than pas de caractere or pantomime has always seemed to me something of a monstrosity. Similarly, monstrus can mean 'strange', 'wonderful', 'a monstrosity', or 'horrible'. The overtones of paranoia in his description grow stronger as he focuses on the people surrounding him, described here as "strange monstrosities" whose laughter inspires dread. N o blame should be attached to these omissions; if they had aimed at completeness, the editors would have had to produce a fifty-volume monstrosity. We may expect shacks, and tin roofs, and all kinds of monstrosities perpetrated in some of the most beautiful parts of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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