单词 | magnum |
释义 | magnum /mag"neuhm/, n. 1. a large wine bottle having a capacity of two ordinary bottles or 1.5 liters (1.6 quarts). 2. a magnum cartridge or firearm. adj. 3. (of a cartridge) equipped with a larger charge than other cartridges of the same size. 4. (of a firearm) using such a cartridge. 5. Informal. unusually great in power or size: a magnum spotlight; a magnum dosage. [1780-90; < L, neut. of magnus large; in reference to firearms, orig. used as a trademark by the Smith and Wesson Co.] |
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