monster

Definitions

From Latin monstrum, which did not mean 'beast' but 'a divine omen, something shown by the gods as a warning' (from monstrāre, to show). Because such portents — strange births, comets, deformities — were grotesque, the word drifted from 'warning sign' to 'terrifying creature.' The warning meaning is gone in English, leaving only the horror.

Common Collocations

• 1.sea monster海怪
• 2.scary monster可怕的怪物
• 3.monster truck巨轮卡车
• 4.monster hit超级卖座大片
• 5.green-eyed monster嫉妒之心（green-eyed monster）

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The children were scared of the green monster under the bed.

• 2.

  Anyone who hurts a child like that is a monster.

• 3.

  They caught a monster of a fish, almost two metres long.

• 4.

  The film was a monster hit, earning a billion dollars.