单词	whopper
释义	whopperwhop‧per /ˈwɒpə $ ˈwɑːpər/ noun [countable] informal Word Origin WORD ORIGINwhopper Origin: 1700-1800 whop Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES She tells one whopper after another. This storm's going to be a whopper. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And as many as 2,500 whopper swans feed on the farmland adjacent to the lough. And if our leaders were going to lie about their methods, they were almost by necessity going to tell a whopper. I came up with a whopper. No one even had a hangar big enough for building such a whopper, let alone the risk capital. She lay on the bank for a long time waiting patiently until she spotted a whopper. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorvery big► huge/enormous very big and impressive: · She wears an engagement ring set with a huge diamond.· My grandmother was wearing an enormous hat.· She looked at the huge motorcycle. "I'll never be able to ride that!''· There was an enormous spider in the bottom of the bath.· By the time of his death the company had grown into an enormous multi-national operation. ► great very big and impressive - used especially in literature: · Like great sailing ships, the clouds sped across the sky.· As far as the eye could see, there stretched a great herd of buffalo. ► great big spoken extremely big: · They've built a great big shopping mall in the centre of town.· There are fish in the pool, great big ones.· She was given a great big bunch of flowers. ► massive use this about things that are extremely big and impressive, especially when they are solid and heavy: · Her house is massive.· The ancient temple's massive stone pillars had begun to crumble.· The bell is massive, weighing over forty tons. ► gigantic much bigger than other things of the same type, often in a slightly strange or frightening way: · Gigantic waves more than 40 feet high crashed against the boat.· These gigantic creatures became extinct in the Jurassic period. ► colossal extremely and surprisingly big - used especially about structures, buildings, and other things that have been built: · There was a colossal statue of the King in the middle of the square.· A crane arrived, its colossal arm reaching out of the sky toward the building. ► giant use this about a plant or animal that has grown to an unusually large size, or is of a type that is always much larger than ordinary plants or animals: · Giant cabbages grew in the garden.· Be careful. The forest is full of giant snakes and spiders.· ...and then this giant green monster appeared from the cave. ► extra large use this about packets, bottles, or other products that are much bigger than the size that is usually sold: · an extra large packet of cornflakes· Extra large eggs are generally a better buy than medium or large. ► be a whopper spoken informal to be extremely big compared to the usual size: · Look at the size of that pumpkin -- it's a whopper. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► tells ... whopper  She tells one whopper after another. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► tell · And if our leaders were going to lie about their methods, they were almost by necessity going to tell a whopper. 1a lie:  She tells one whopper after another.2something unusually big:  The fish Mike caught was a whopper.
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