单词 | gross |
释义 | gross —gross /ɡrəʊs/ aep /ɡroʊs/ adjective (FAT) ► F0 extremely fat or large and ugly: » I'd put on ten kilos and felt gross in my bikini.Thesaurus+: ↑Enormous , ↑Big and quite bigadjective INFORMAL (UNPLEASANT) ► F0 extremely unpleasant: » "Oh, gross!" she said, looking at the flies buzzing above the piles of dirty plates.Thesaurus+: ↑Serious and unpleasant , ↑Not attractive to look at , ↑Informal words for badadjective [before noun] FORMAL (UNACCEPTABLE) ► C1 (especially in law) unacceptable because clearly wrong: » gross misconduct/indecency» a gross violation of justiceThesaurus+: ↑WrongThesaurus+: ↑Unsuitable and unacceptableadjective adverb ► C1 (in) total: » A person's gross income is the money they earn before tax is deducted from it.» Once wrapped, the gross weight of the package is 2.1 kg.» She earns £30,000 a year gross.→ COMPARE NET(Cf. ↑net) adjectiveThesaurus+: ↑Taxation• • • Extra Examples:» I earn £15,000 gross, but my net income is about £12,000.» His gross annual income is over half a million pounds.» This graph shows the gross domestic product of all the European countries.» Tax is payable on the gross weight of the cargo.» The label gives the gross and net weight of the product.noun [C] (PLURAL gross) OLD-FASHIONED ► F0 (a group of) 144Thesaurus+: ↑Groups of things according to numberverb [T] ↑Verb Endings for gross ► F0 to earn a particular amount of money before tax is paid or costs are taken away: » The film has grossed over $200 million this year.Thesaurus+: ↑TaxationThesaurus+: ↑Earning money and money earned |
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