whopper的意思|whopper的解释-里氏词典

whopper ['hwɒpә]

n. 特大之物, 弥天大谎

whopper

[ noun ]

a gross untruth; a blatant lie

<noun.communication>

something especially big or impressive of its kind

<noun.artifact>

Whapper \Whap"per\, Whopper \Whop"per\, n. [See {Whap}.]
Something uncommonly large of the kind; something
astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. Now (1998)
usually spelled {whopper}. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]

Whopper \Whop"per\, n. [Cf. {Whapper}.]
1. One who, or that which, whops.

2. something very large, especially a big lie. Same as
{Whapper}, but the more common spelling.

If Grand Metropolitan PLC succeeds in its bid to acquire Pillsbury Co., its biggest challenge will be a whopper: reviving Burger King.
Its second trade of the day was a whopper, a block of one million shares crossed by Salomon Brothers at 10 1/2, fully one point lower than the opening sale.
It becomes clear later what a whopper of an exaggeration that is.
Joe delivered, for example, on his pledge to declare the company's first dividends, including a $13.50-a-share whopper that gave family members a windfall totaling $1.3 million.

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