monstrosity
monstrosity
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- something, especially a building, which is very large and is considered unsightly
庞然大物（尤指难看的巨厦）
the shopping centre, a multi-storey monstrosity of raw concrete.
购物中心，一幢极丑的多层混凝土大厦。
■something which is outrageously or offensively wrong
怪异；荒谬
he rebelled against Nazi monstrosities.
他反抗纳粹的恶行。
■a grossly malformed animal, plant, or person
畸形动物（或植物、人） - [mass noun]the state or fact of being monstrous
畸形；怪异；恐怖；凶暴；巨大
- mid 16th cent. (denoting an abnormality of growth): from late Latin monstrositas, from Latin monstrosus (see monstrous)
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