whopper

whopper

英 ['wɒpə]
　　美 ['wɑpɚ]

n. 彌天大謊；特大之物

中文詞源：

whopper 特大的東西

擬聲詞，比喻用法。

例句：

1. As comets go, it is a whopper.
就彗星而言，它可是個龐然大物。

2. If she said that, she was telling a real whopper.
要是她那麼說的, 她就是說瞭個大瞎話.

3. The fisherman had caught a whopper.
那個打魚的捕到一條特大的魚.

4. When Whopper went near the people, they looked at him.
當華勃走近時,每個人都看著他.

5. Whopper did not answer, but his eyes were shining with excitement.
華勃沒有回話, 但是他的眼裡閃著興奮的光芒.