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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
monster
mon·ster [monster monsters] noun, adjective BrE [ˈmɒnstə(r)] NAmE [ˈmɑːnstər] noun 1. (in stories) an imaginary creature that is very large, ugly and frightening •a monster with three heads •prehistoric monsters 2. an animal or a thing that is very large or ugly •Their dog's an absolute monster! 3. a person who is very cruel and evil 4. (humorous)a child who behaves badly Word Origin: late Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’. Example Bank: •He wanted to fight the monster of poverty. •I wanted to fight these monsters: I didn't want to go on living with them. •The government has created a bureaucratic monster. •The tabloid papers labelled him ‘an evil sex monster’. •What sort of inhuman monster could do such a thing? •a barren wilderness inhabited by monsters •cheap sci-fi films with bug-eyed monsters •The man is a monster; he terrifies me. adjective only before noun (informal) unusually large Syn: ↑giant •monster mushrooms Word Origin: late Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’.
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