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

• I wash't expecting somewhere called meadow court to be a huge concrete monstrosity.
  我没料到一个名叫草地公寓的地方会是一幢庞大的混凝土怪物。
• The palace is a monstrosity.
  宫殿建得很怪异。
• You'll have me in some hootchie-mama monstrosity.
  你会让我看起来像跳肚皮舞的怪物。
• Our guide restored the divine character of monstrosity.
  我们的领导恢复了那非。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Eiffel Tower was considered a monstrosity when it was first built.
  埃菲尔铁塔初建成时被视为丑陋的庞然大物。
• 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。
• As that monstrosity of venal lust is no longer possible, it is no longer needed.
  以金钱去购买淫欲的丑事既然不可能再存在下去，那么也就不再有需要了。
• If you can call that monstrosity good.
  如果你是说它有另类的美的话。