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a/an + monster
不定冠词修饰 monster 表示泛指。
The children saw a monster in the cave.
孩子们在洞穴里看到一个妖怪。
怪物；妖怪
monsters — plural of monster
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
怪物；妖怪
monster
The children saw a monster in the cave.
孩子们在洞穴里看到一个妖怪。
可怕且危险的生物,尤其是虚构的。
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or fictional kind.
怪物；怪兽
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
奇异或异想天开的生物。
A bizarre or whimsical creature.
庞然大物；巨兽
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
The children in the story were scared of the green monster that lived under the bridge.
故事里的孩子们害怕住在桥下的绿色怪物。
In the movie, a huge monster rises from the sea and attacks the city.
在电影中，一只巨大的怪物从海里升起并袭击城市。
She drew a friendly monster with six arms and a smiling face.
她画了一个友善的怪物，长着六只手臂和一张笑脸。
不定冠词修饰 monster 表示泛指。
The children saw a monster in the cave.
孩子们在洞穴里看到一个妖怪。
形容词描述怪物的大小或特征。
It was a huge, terrifying monster.
那是一个巨大的、可怕的妖怪。
固定习语，强调某人或某物在某个方面极端。
He is a monster of a man, towering over everyone.
他是个巨人一般的男人，比所有人都高出一大截。
怪物作主语，后接动词描述行为。
The monster roared loudly.
妖怪大声咆哮。
Not this
I saw monster in the forest.
Use this
I saw a monster in the forest.
monster是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词'a'。
Not this
He has monster strength.
Use this
He has monstrous strength.
monster是名词，不能直接修饰名词表示'巨大的'，应使用形容词monstrous。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
怪物卡车
The monster truck crushed the car.
那辆怪物卡车把汽车压扁了。
恐怖片
We watched a monster movie last night.
我们昨晚看了一部恐怖片。
嫉妒
Jealousy is the green-eyed monster.
嫉妒是绿眼怪物。
巨大的风暴
A monster of a storm hit the coast.
一场巨大的风暴袭击了海岸。
海怪
Legends tell of a sea monster in this lake.
传说这个湖里有一只海怪。
大热作品
The song became a monster hit.
这首歌成了大热作品。
嫉妒；绿眼怪物
His success aroused the green-eyed monster in his colleagues.
他的成功引起了同事们的嫉妒。
巨大的…；极端的…
They faced a monster of a storm during their voyage.
他们在航行中遭遇了一场巨大的风暴。
内心的恶魔；心魔
He struggled to control the monster within after years of trauma.
经过多年的创伤，他努力控制内心的恶魔。
来自1962年经典万圣节歌曲《Monster Mash》的歌词。这首歌描述了一个怪物从实验室醒来并开始跳舞的场景，非常有趣。
The Monster Mash is a popular Halloween song that often gets played at parties.
《Monster Mash》是一首流行的万圣节歌曲，经常在派对上播放。
来自埃米纳姆（Eminem）与蕾哈娜（Rihanna）合作的歌曲《Monster》的副歌。这首歌探讨了内心恶魔和自我认知。
In the song, Eminem raps about feeling like a monster because of his fame and struggles.
在这首歌中，埃米纳姆说唱自己因名声和挣扎而感觉像个怪物。
Use monsters naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
"mon"似"猛"，"ster"似"死"，猛死的怪兽即monster（妖怪）。
常用词，指想象中的怪物或妖怪。多用于童话、电影、游戏等虚构场景，也用于比喻极端可怕的人或事物。
These words share the spelling ending '-ster' but have different stressed vowel sounds, so they do not rhyme with 'monster'. The ending /stər/ is unstressed in each.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.