kaiju

发音

US /ˈkai.d͡ʒu/

词形变化

kaijus 复数 kaijus

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fictional giant monster, particularly of the kind found in Japanese science fiction films and other media, like Godzilla, King Kong or Gamera.

词源

From Japanese 怪獣 (かいじゅう, kaijū), from Middle Chinese 怪 (kweajᴴ, “strange, fantastic”) + 獸 (syuwᴴ, “beast”) (compare Mandarin 怪獸 /怪兽 (guàishòu)).

来源：wiktionary