mid-15c., "unnatural, deviating from the natural order, hideous," from Middle French monstrueux, from Latin monstruosus "strange, unnatural, monstrous," from monstrum (see monster). Meaning "enormous" is from c. 1500; that of "outrageously wrong" is from 1570s. Earlier form monstruous (late 14c., from Old French monstruous) was "very common in the 16th c." [OED].
雙語例句
1. "It's monstrous!" Jackie fumed.
“真是太過分了！”杰姬氣沖沖地說。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The killer committed monstrous acts.
那個嗜殺成性的兇手犯下了駭人聽聞的罪行.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. What monstrous perversion of the human spirit leads a sniper to open fire on a bus carrying children?
是何等可怕的心理扭曲會導致狙擊手向載滿兒童的公共汽車開火？
來自柯林斯例句
4. The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.