monstrous
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继承自中古英语 monstrous，来自古法语 monstrueuse、monstrüos，来自拉丁语 mōnstrōsus。对照monstruous。
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monstrous (比较级 more monstrous，最高级 most monstrous)
- 丑恶的，丑陋的；骇人听闻的；极端荒谬的
- 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, 出版于 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
- So bad a death argues a monstrous life.
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- 巨大的，庞大的
- a monstrous height
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- Template:RQ:Shakespeare Othello Q1
- 1901 12月 20, “The Ringing of Plants”, 出自 The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], 卷 4, 期 21，页号 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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- 怪异的，怪诞的
- 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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- 与神话中怪物有关的，似怪物的；充满怪物的
- 1637, John Milton, “Lycidas”, 出自 Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], 出版于 1646, →OCLC:
- Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide / Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world.
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- (obsolete) 非常奇怪的，奇妙的，幻想的
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monstrous
- monstruous的另一种写法