monsterとは

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別の表記

• monstre (廃れた用法)

語源

From Middle English monstre, borrowed from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) enPR: mŏn'stə(r), IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnstɚ/
• 韻: -ɒnstə(ɹ)

名詞

monster (複数形 monsters)

1. A terrifying and dangerous creature.
   • 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:

     O, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear,/ to make an earthquake.

2. A bizarre or whimsical creature.

   The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster.

3. A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.

   Get away from those children, you meatheaded monster!

   • 2019 May 24, Joey Peters, “'Embodiment of evil': Jayme Closs kidnapper sentenced to die in prison”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     "Because of this monster, Jayme won't have her mom and dad at her dance recitals," Mike Closs, Jayme's uncle, said in court. Closs' aunt Jennifer Smith said the family was satisfied with the sentence and knew it would give Jayme peace.

4. (medicine, archaic) A horribly deformed person.
   • 1837, Medico-Chirurgical Review (page 465)

     Deducting then these cases, we have a large proportion of imperfect foetuses, which belonged to twin conceptions, and in which, therefore, the circulation of the monster may have essentially depended on that of the sound child.

5. (figuratively) A badly behaved child, a brat.

   Sit still, you little monster!

6. (informal) Something unusually large.

   Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.

   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 250:

     Although she, for many years had waged continual war against rheumatism, her pleasant face shone like the full moon from under the white head-gear, while she had protected herself against any possible attack of the enemy by a multiplicity of petticoats and jackets; and as an outer fortification she had put on a monster of a frieze cloak.

7. (informal) A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.

   That dude playing guitar is a monster.

8. (gaming) A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games.

派生語

関連する語

• monstrous
• monstrously
• monstrose

派生した語

• → German: Monster
• → Japanese: モンスター
• → Korean: 몬스터 (monseuteo)

形容詞

monster (not comparable)

1. (informal) Very large; worthy of a monster.

   He has a monster appetite.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)

   • 2004, Rex Pickett, Sideways‎^[2], page 55:

     I turned to Jack and said, "It's supposed to be monster."

   • 2009, Michael O'Hearn, The Kids' Guide to Monster Trucks:

     How do you get more monster than a monster truck? You build a monster tank.

2. (informal) Great; very good; excellent.
   • 2010, Andrew Klavan, The Long Way Home, page 231:

     “You did great today,” I told Josh. “You were monster.” “yeah,” he said. “I was monster. Thank you, Charlie.”

同意語

• (very large): gigantic, monstrous

動詞

monster (三人称単数 現在形 monsters, 現在分詞 monstering, 過去形および過去分詞形 monstered)

1. To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
   • 1983, Michael Slater, Dickens and Women, page 290,

     A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations feature four cases of women monstered by passion. Madame Defarge is ‘a tigress’, Mrs Joe a virago, Molly (Estella′s criminal mother) ‘a wild beast tamed’ and Miss Havisham a witch-like creature, a ghastly combination of waxwork and skeleton.

   • 2005, Diana Medlicott, The Unbearable Brutality of Being: Casual Cruelty in Prison and What This Tells Us About Who We Really Are, Margaret Sönser Breen (editor), Minding Evil: Explorations of Human Iniquity, page 82,

     The community forgives: this is in deep contrast to offenders that emerge from prison and remain stigmatised and monstered, often unable to get work or housing.

   • 2011, Stephen T. Asma, On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears, page 234,

     Demonizing or monstering other groups has even become part of the cycle of American politics.

2. To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
   • 1968, Robert Lowell, Robert Lowell: A Collection of Critical Essays, page 145,

     Animals in our world have been monstered by human action as much as the free beasts of the pre-lapsarian state were monstered by the primal crime.

   • 2009, Darius Rejali, Torture and Democracy, page 292,

     In 2002, American interrogators on the ground in Afghanistan developed a technique they called “monstering.” The commander “instituted a new rule that a prisoner could be kept awake and in the booth for as long as an interrogator could last.” One “monstering” interrogator engaged in this for thirty hours.¹⁷⁷

   • 2010, Joshua E. S. Phillips, None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture, page 39,

     The interrogators asked members of the 377th Military Police Company to help them with monstering, and the MPs complied.

3. (chiefly Australia) To harass.
   • 2009 January 31, Leo Schlink, “Match looms as final for the ages”, in Herald Sun‎^[3]:

     Andy Roddick has been monstered by both Federer and Nadal and suffered a 6-2 7-5 7-5 semi-final loss at the hands of the Swiss champion.

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