monstrosity
英 [mɒnˈstrɒsəti]
美 [mɑːnˈstrɑːsəti]
n. 巨大而丑陋之物(尤指建筑)
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- a concrete monstrosity
混凝土建成的庞大怪物
- a concrete monstrosity
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.- 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。
- Most of the older buildings have been torn down and replaced by modern monstrosities.
英英释义
noun
- something hideous or frightful
- they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
双语例句
- London is the grandest and most complex monstrosity on earth.
伦敦是世界上最庞大最复杂的怪物。 - The palace is a monstrosity.
宫殿建得很怪异。 - 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。 - The hapless developer of this monstrosity came up with the clever idea of only locking things when they are actually about to be used, but deferring unlocking until the end of a run.
这个坏程序的开发者起初的想法是好的,即只在真正需要使用之前才锁定这些互斥量,但是他却直到运行结束才解锁。 - Her flower arrangement was a monstrosity.
她插的花真是难看死了。 - But the actor might have gone for something a little more attractive than the ugly, teal green monstrosity he was zooming around in.
然而,吸引这位演员的应该不仅仅是他所驾驶的那辆丑陋的蓝绿色怪物! - However, when combined with the western standard of wide jaw bone and a big smile, it creates a monstrosity that most Chinese man will turn away from.
然而,结合西方标准的宽下颚骨和大笑脸,便造就了一个中国人看了想吐的怪物。 - A translation which should literally reproduce the idiomatic structure of its original would be a monstrosity.
按照惯用结构,单从字面翻译会成为怪物。 - 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。 - I met the nearest monstrosity, a charging fungal blur of wings and antennae and appendages, with my fist.
于是,我挥拳击中了离我最近的那个畸形怪物,它头上长着触角,有多个附肢,还有一对布满斑驳霉菌的翅膀。
