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Fran·ken·steinBrE /ˈfræŋkənstaɪn/NAmE /ˈfræŋkənstaɪn/ noun (also ˌFrankenstein's ˈmonster, ˌFrankenstein ˈmonster) used to talk about sth that sb creates or invents that goes out of control and becomes dangerous, often destroying the person who created it 失控的受造物（常毁灭创造者） Expressions from literary sources Alice in Wonderland, Casanova, Cassandra, Don Juan, Dorian Gray, Falstaffian, Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, Lilliputian, Lothario, Orwellian, Pandora’s box, Peter Pan, Pied Piper, Pollyanna, Rip Van Winkle, Ruritanian, Scrooge, Shangri-La, Sherlock, Stepford Wife, Svengali, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Utopia, Walter Mitty ORIGIN From the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in which a scientist called Frankenstein makes a creature from pieces of dead bodies and brings it to life. 源自玛丽 · 雪莱的小说《科学怪人》，其中的科学家弗兰肯斯坦用尸体的不同部位拼成了一个怪物并赋予它生命。 |