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mons pubis /.mnnz 'pjuibis; NAmE .mainz/ (also mons Ven-eris /,monz 'venaris; NAmE ,ma:nz/) noun (formal) the curved area of fat over the joint of the pubic bones, especially in women (

mon-ster /'mraist0(r); NAmE 'main-/ noun, adj. m noun 1 (in stories) an imaginary creature that is very large, ugly and frightening ( ft it ft Pi) )      ft#:

a monster with three heads H Aft# o prehistoric mon­sters Aftuft^ 2 an animal or a thing that is very large or ugly fMMXWd; £A&i)S.fttl;

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3                  a person who is very cruel and evil II; M $t

4                  (humorous) a child who behaves badly /MS®; /J>ft$ ■ adj. [only before noun] (informal) unusually large gLftPiJ;

fliftpij 0QC3 giant: monster mushrooms .monster ’truck noun an extremely large pickup truck with very large wheels, often used for racing Sg

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mon stros ity /mnn'strnseti; NAmE main'strais-/ noun (pi. -ies) something that is very large and very ugly, especially a building ft AWILffiA% ( X1bM$L ) EYiTl eyesore: a concrete monstrosity MMftllJ5£PiJll;Aft#l mon strous /'mDnstras; NAmE 'mam-/ adj. 1 considered to be shocking and unacceptable because it is morally wrong or unfair £ H (ft ; it ft PiJ; HAW HDl outrageous: a monstrous lie/injustice 75 ft Ail; 51 A D/f SI 6iJ A & 2 very large g A 6i)    gigantic : a

monstrous wave g ft 3 very large, ugly and frightening 1 g A PiJ ; i IE PiJ ; 5£ A Pi) FflOT horrifying : a monstrous figure/creature g AW ASA; 51A Pi) rjj ^ ► mon strous ly adv.: monstrously unfair A-&IE 0 a monstrously fat man j$^#lJTAPiJ|j7 mont-age /,mDn'tai3; 'nmn-; NAmE ,mam'tai3/ noun 1 [C] a picture, film/movie or piece of music or writing that consists of many separate items put together, espe­cially in an interesting or unusual combination % A ft; M iintl: CL photographic montage Sf j^PijW ftftnn 2 [U] the process of making a montage Hf$|; M

mon tane /’mnntein; NAmE 'main-/ adj. [only before noun] (technical Ain) connected with mountains iLjjfeM; ill Pi) Mon-terey Jack /.mnntarei 'd3aek; NAmE .main-/ (NAmE also 'Jack cheese) noun [U] a type of white American cheese with a mild flavour month /mAn0/ noun

1                  [C] any of the twelve periods of time into which the year is divided, for example May or June Ml M (ft: the month of August A A] (ft 0 We’re moving house next month. fSfflTAJf0 She earns $1 000 a month. ft#M Jit 1 000 Ac O The rent is £300 per month. Hiz; ft #71 300  0 Have you read this month’s ‘Physics

World’?     ®5? 0 Prices

continue to rise month after month (= over a period of several months). iS/l    j£0 0 Her anxiety

mounted month by month (= as each month passed). ft Pi)$Ui;£'f#ji:73 ft 17 — see also calendar month 2 [C] a period of about 30 days, for example, 3 June to 3 July A 30 AWWIs]; —X h Wft'Ot: The baby is three months old.  A7» o a three-month-old

baby A 7 ^ A Pi) ^ JL o They lived in Toronto during their first few months of marriage. {Ml ft Js Pi) A Jl X A ft f£ £ (ft % o 0 several months later Jl 7 J3 g fs o a six-month contract — (ft A* 4“ Tj Pij ^ *ij 0 a month-long strike A ft-77] PijH7: 0 He visits Paris once or twice a month, ft — X ft A — M & E » — see also lunar month 3 months [pi.] a long time, especially a period of several months %fcM i ft ft ft I a]: He had to wait for months for the visas to come through, ft A if ft A

M t ^ PJ ui; o O It will be months before we get the results. A % ft A: ft I# ft j# PJ ft „ TETOH in a .month of 'Sundays (informal) used to emphasize that sth will never happen M.M.XM', ft A 7 X: You won’t find it, not in a month of Sundays. ftTAAPJAPJ), ftAT# o — more at flavour n.

month ly /'mAnGli/ adj., adv., noun m adj. 1 happening once a month or every month # M Pi); # M PiJ: a monthly meeting/visit/magazine

#H    ; ft 7J 2 paid, valid or calculated

for one month fic ft’  A^ftft Pi): a

monthly salary of £1 000 * 1 000 3£tgPiJft §r O a monthly season ticket ft H o Summers are hot, with monthly averages above 22 °C. X Aftj^, ft     22 M K®

i fldv. every month or once a month #ftft ; #ft — 1ft: She gets paid monthly. ftSft^fgJto i noun (pi. -ies) a magazine published once a month ft fll: the fashion monthlies Ift^ft ft monty /'mnnti; N/\m£ 'mainti/ noun ITtTfil the .full monty the full amount that people expect or want Mr fflUPiJ—^W;  They’ll do the full monty (= take off

all their clothes) if you pay them enough. #P ft ft fa X ^

monu ment /'mnnjument; NAmE 'main-/ noun 1 ~ (to sb/sth) a building, column, statue, etc. built to remind people of a famous person or event ^ tt,

lift ) : A monument to him was erected in St Paul’s Cathedral.. £   A & # A ft ft 7 -JJ& € I:' 5$ »

5                  a building that has special historical importance JFft ft

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6                  ~ to sth a thing that remains as a good example of sb’s qualities or of what they did ft-5$; 7jcX PiJ: These recordings are a monument to his talent as a pianist.

monumental /.mnnju'mentl; NAmE .main-/ adj. 1 [usually before noun] very important and having a great influence, especially as the result of years of work Jill PiJ; M X U m Pi); ft ^ Pi) historic : Gibbon’s monumental work ‘The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire’ftftPiJftfi^ft «^ft,ifri|«:ft» 2 [only before noun] very large, good, bad, stupid, etc.       ( MM.

JT , H ^ ) Pij HTfl major : a book of monumental significance — AH AftTLPiJft 0 We have a monumental task ahead of us. o It seems

like an act of monumental folly. A ft ft i ' ft ft ft H ft p^jjXo 3 [only before noun] appearing in or serving as a monument ft A ikPiJ;        PiJ: a monu­

mental inscription/tomb (k-Xi lloa monumental mason (= a person who makes monuments) monu men tal ly /.mnnju'mentali; NAmE .main-/ odv. (used to describe negative qualities) extremely ( #3 ft

monumentally

difficult/stupid  / Mft

moo /mui/ noun (pi. moos) the long deep sound made by a cow (        ) ift ► moo verb [V]

mooch /muitJ7 verb (informal) 1 [V +adv./prep.] (Br£) to walk slowly with no particular purpose; to be some­where not doing very much        jT]$E HE] POTTER:

He’s happy to mooch around the house all day. IftiASLIt: 2 ~ (sth) (off sb) (A/Amf) to get money, food, etc. from sb else instead of paying for it yourself &i£ ('iMi?n ; mik&ift C&M. ) BBG3

cadge: [v] He’s always mooching off his friends. ftfc&H

Mmmmfto [aiso'vN] mood /muid/ noun

1 [C] the way you are feeling at a particular time ff

: She’s in a good mood today (= happy and friendly), lift ft A 7't# iS M 0 O He’s always in a bad mood (= unhappy, or angry and impatient). ftAL jit# ftjtf 0 o to be in a foul/filthy mood 'If o Some addicts suffer violent mood swings (= changes of mood) if deprived of the drug. — JA # JAjl Pi) A - A 'A ft # Pp ft PiJ^^ft^A&o 0 I’m just not in the mood for a party tonight.  'lf:#i)PllA-o 0 He was in

no mood for being polite to visitors, ft A ft A - i  j L f#

% 0    2 [C] a period of being angry or impatient ft 7'

it; ft 1$ H: I wonder why he’s in such a mood today. icft^BilftAft^^A^-Aii^fto 0 She was in one of her moods (= one of her regular periods of being angry or impatient). ftXlftl'If 7„ 3 [sing.] the way a group of people feel about sth; the atmosphere in a place or among a group of people ; % H: The mood of the meeting was distinctly pessimistic. AciAftiAPj ft Ir MMft