whopper
英 [ˈwɒp.ər]
美 [ˈwɑː.pɚ]
- n. 弥天大谎；特大之物
中文词源
whopper 特大的东西
拟声词，比喻用法。
英语词源
- whopper (n.)
- 1767, "uncommonly large thing," originally and especially an audacious lie, formed as if from whop (v.) "to beat, overcome." Whopping "large, big, impressive" is attested by 1620s.
权威例句
- 1. As comets go, it is a whopper.
- 就彗星而言，它可是个庞然大物。
- 2. If she said that, she was telling a real whopper.
- 要是她那么说的, 她就是说了个大瞎话.
- 3. The fisherman had caught a whopper.
- 那个打鱼的捕到一条特大的鱼.
- 4. When Whopper went near the people, they looked at him.
- 当华勃走近时,每个人都看着他.
- 5. Whopper did not answer, but his eyes were shining with excitement.
- 华勃没有回话, 但是他的眼里闪着兴奋的光芒.