英语词汇“whopper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

whopper

/ˈwɒpə

noun informal

1A thing that is extremely or unusually large: the novel is a 1,079 page whopper...

Mr. Greenspan's whopper must be followed by a whopper of a slump.
The biggest pike caught during the winter leagues was a whopper of twenty-five pounds, caught on a deadbait on March 2.
It was too easy, even for Julia who, fearing she wouldn't get a bite, found herself ankle-deep in whoppers.

Synonyms

monster, brute, beast, giant, colossus, mountain, behemoth, leviathan, mammoth, monstrosity

informal jumbo

1.1A gross or blatant lie: he’s telling whoppers...

Research revealed that untruths range from little white lies to huge whoppers aimed purely at personal gain.
As both posts and the ‘mainstream media’ story are full of whoppers (and I don't mean they went to Burger King…) I just had to toss in my two cents.
Four years ago, I started the Lie Emporium, a website dedicated to lies, whoppers, porkies, politicians and just plain old cheap gags.

Synonyms

lie, untruth, falsehood, fib, fabrication, deception, made-up story, trumped-up story, invention, piece of fiction, fiction, falsification, falsity, fairy story/tale, cock and bull story, barefaced lie;

(little) white lie, half-truth, exaggeration, prevarication, departure from the truth;

yarn, story, red herring, rumour, fable, myth, flight of fancy, figment of the imagination;

pretence, pretext, sham, ruse, wile, trickery, stratagem

informal tall story, tall tale

British rhyming slang pork pie, porky, porky pie

humorous terminological inexactitude

单词	whopper
释义	whopper /ˈwɒpə / noun informal 1A thing that is extremely or unusually large: the novel is a 1,079 page whopper... Mr. Greenspan's whopper must be followed by a whopper of a slump. The biggest pike caught during the winter leagues was a whopper of twenty-five pounds, caught on a deadbait on March 2. It was too easy, even for Julia who, fearing she wouldn't get a bite, found herself ankle-deep in whoppers. Synonyms monster, brute, beast, giant, colossus, mountain, behemoth, leviathan, mammoth, monstrosity informal jumbo 1.1A gross or blatant lie: he’s telling whoppers... Research revealed that untruths range from little white lies to huge whoppers aimed purely at personal gain. As both posts and the ‘mainstream media’ story are full of whoppers (and I don't mean they went to Burger King…) I just had to toss in my two cents. Four years ago, I started the Lie Emporium, a website dedicated to lies, whoppers, porkies, politicians and just plain old cheap gags. Synonyms lie, untruth, falsehood, fib, fabrication, deception, made-up story, trumped-up story, invention, piece of fiction, fiction, falsification, falsity, fairy story/tale, cock and bull story, barefaced lie; (little) white lie, half-truth, exaggeration, prevarication, departure from the truth; yarn, story, red herring, rumour, fable, myth, flight of fancy, figment of the imagination; pretence, pretext, sham, ruse, wile, trickery, stratagem informal tall story, tall tale British rhyming slang pork pie, porky, porky pie humorous terminological inexactitude Rhymes bopper, copper, cropper, Dopper, dropper, hopper, improper, Joppa, poppa, popper, proper, shopper, stopper, swapper, topper
随便看	keep a tight rein on keep at (or keep someone at) keep away (or keep someone away) keep a weather eye on keep back (or keep someone/thing back) keep body and soul together keep cave keep company with keep count (or a count) keep down keeper keepership keep-fit keep from (or keep someone from) keep goal keep going keep good (or bad) time keep house keeping keeping place keep in with keep it real keep late (or regular) hours keep mum keepnet

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