monstrous
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英語
[编辑]詞源
[编辑]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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[编辑]形容詞
[编辑]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, […]」,收錄於Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies(First Folio),London:Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount,1623 出版,→OCLC,「[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 December 20, “The Ringing of Plants”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], volume 4, number 21, page 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
- 1637,John Milton,「Lycidas」,收錄於Poems of Mr. John Milton, […],London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […],1646 出版,→OCLC:
- Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide / Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world.
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- (棄用) 非常奇怪的,奇妙的,幻想的
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[编辑]衍生詞
[编辑]中古英語
[编辑]形容詞
[编辑]monstrous
- monstruous的另一種寫法