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 whopping ['hwɒpiŋ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 巨大的, 天大的

ad. 非常地




    whopping
    [ adv ]
    1. extremely

    2. <adv.all>
      they all were whopping drunk
    [ adj ]
    1. (used informally) very large

    2. <adj.all>
      a thumping loss


    Whapping \Whap"ping\, Whopping \Whop"ping\, a.
    Very large; monstrous; astonishing; as, a whapping story.
    [Colloq.]

    1. Corona's sales increased a whopping 84% last year, but they fell 7% through June.
    2. While American PC sales have averaged roughly 25% annual growth since 1984 and West European sales a whopping 40%, Japanese sales were flat for most of that time.
    3. Total volume in these five major steels came to around 475 million shares, or a whopping 56% of the total day's trade.
    4. Among black teens, the rate fell a whopping 6.0 percent to 28.4 percent, the lowest recorded since that statistic was first tracked in 1972.
    5. Warner was the winning bidder two years ago at an auction of the sequel rights by the original author's estate, paying a whopping $5 million.
    6. Of the whopping Pounds 490m restructuring charge, Pounds 280m relates to Europe, just three years after the company wrote off Pounds 305m in preparation for the single market.
    7. It depends on the United States for a whopping 40 percent of its sales.
    8. A mobile pizza van brought in to Moscow two months ago parked along the Moscow River embankment across from the hotel and did a whopping business with the busy journalists.
    9. Before the market crash, gold-oriented mutual funds were the industry's shining performers: up 19% in the third quarter and a whopping 72% for the year until Oct. 15.
    10. Compaq stock plunged immediately and ended at 36, off 13 1/4, a whopping 27% decline.
    11. But the darts scored a 71.3% gain, paced by a whopping advance of 272% in 50-Off Stores Inc.
    12. That way, members cannot be accused of voting themselves a whopping pay increase _ at least not one that takes effect before their constituents have a chance to express their displeasure at the voting booth next fall.
    13. "It is a whopping big layoff, I'm astounded," said David Goldman, an analyst with Nomura Research Institute.
    14. Chrysler's truck production will be off a whopping 25.7%, mainly because the company plans to shut its two minivan plants for a month each to retool for the redesigned 1991 Chrysler minivans.
    15. "Home Alone," a comedy about a kid left to fend off burglars, played to packed houses over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend, taking in a whopping $28.7 million for the No. 1 spot at the box office.
    16. According to the American Council for Drug Education, 72 million Americans, or a whopping 37 percent of the population aged 12 or older, have used illegal drugs at least once in their lifetime.
    17. The '84 Trilogy, a whopping $40 a bottle, is an unexceptional wine that is seriously overpriced, certainly not almost three times better than the regular cabernet at $14.
    18. French President Francois Mitterrand said Mexico, burdened by a whopping $100 billion in foreign debt, urgently needs help.
    19. The New York-based behemoth spent a whopping $83.6 million last year, including about $25 million on its Visa and MasterCard accounts.
    20. But the following year he was reimbursed for that, and last year he took home a whopping $20.6 million, largely from stock grants promised during the troubled period, and from stock options awarded at that time.
    21. The largest increase in the 1988-89 budget was in support services, up a whopping 34% from the previous two-year period.
    22. Landmark Land Co., citing the absence of substantive real-estate sales and additional increases in its loan-loss reserve, expects to post a whopping $18.9 million fourth-quarter loss.
    23. By contrast, France and Italy each pulled in $36 billion and Britain a whopping $80 billion.
    24. The turnover rate averaged 69 percent in 1984, about 73 percent in 1985, 77 percent in 1986 and a whopping 80 percent last year." Perritt found that nine of the 288 equity funds surveyed had portfolio turnover rates in excess of 300 percent last year.
    25. Based on this year's estimated sale of 410 bales, Derby Line should net a whopping $14.
    26. But there were victims: The box office take for the previous weekend's big hit, "Back to The Future Part III" from MCA Inc.'s Universal Studios, fell a whopping 46% to $10.3 million at 2,025 screens.
    27. Backlogs of orders for non-defense capital goods grew 1.4% in April and were a whopping 20% higher than a year ago.
    28. A radical-looking, 52-level structure, the Hongkong Bank building was completed in 1985 with a whopping 5.227 billion Hong Kong dollars ($670 million) spent on its construction and furnishings, the bank says.
    29. Put away your calculator _ that's a whopping $98.3 billion.
    30. Mercedes-Benz prices have climbed a whopping 21% in the past two years, yet unit sales have risen 25%.
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