monster

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

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’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  teras, fiend, devil, demon, ogre, freak, monstrosity, lusus naturae, giant, goliath, behemoth, colossus