monstrous
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繼承自中古英語 monstrous,來自古法語 monstrueuse、monstrüos,來自拉丁語 mōnstrōsus。對照monstruous。
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monstrous (比較級 more monstrous,最高級 most monstrous)
- 醜惡的,醜陋的;駭人聽聞的;極端荒謬的
- c. 1596–1599,William Shakespeare,“The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”,出自 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio),London:Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount,出版年份1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iii]:
- So bad a death argues a monstrous life.
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- 巨大的,龐大的
- a monstrous height
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- Template:RQ:Shakespeare Othello Q1
- 1901年12月20日,“The Ringing of Plants”,出自 The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1],卷號4,期號21, 頁號663:
- Possibly monster pumpkins may become still more monstrous by the shoots being ringed, and so may other vegetables and fruits where quality is of less importance than mere size.
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- 怪異的,怪誕的
- Template:RQ:Locke Human Understanding
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The rule and exercises of holy living:
- He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love […] is unnatural and monstrous in his affections.
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- 與神話中怪物有關的,似怪物的;充滿怪物的
- (棄用) 非常奇怪的,奇妙的,幻想的
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monstrous
- monstruous的另一種寫法