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单词 jumbo
释义
jumbo
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈdʒʌm.bəʊ/us
/ˈdʒʌm.boʊ/
extremelylarge:
特大（号）的；巨型的
a jumbobagofsweets一大包糖果
a jumbo-sizedpacket特大号盒子
Synonyms
astronomical(LARGE)informal
big(LARGE)
colossal
enormous
gargantuan
giant
gigantic
ginormousinformal
great(BIG)
hefty
huge
immense
large
mahoosiveUKinformal
mammoth
massive
sizeablemainlyUK
stupendous
thumpingUKinformal
tremendous
vast
wallopinginformalhumorous
whoppinginformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Enormous
  • almighty
  • astronomical
  • astronomically
  • behemoth
  • bumper
  • by far and awayidiom
  • cavernous
  • immeasurable
  • immeasurably
  • immense
  • immensity
  • inordinate
  • mountainous
  • precipitous
  • prodigiously
  • stratospheric
  • super-colossal
  • supersized
  • terrific
  • thumping
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(Definition ofjumbofrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

jumbo| American Dictionary

jumbo
adjective[not gradable]
infml
us
/ˈdʒʌm·boʊ/
extremelylarge:
a jumbosizeboxofcereal
A jumbojetis a verylargeaircraftthat canflylongdistances.
(Definition ofjumbofrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

jumbo| Business English

jumbo
adjective[only before noun]
uk
/ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/us
muchlargerthan theusualsize:
a jumbo TVscreen
jumbo
noun[C]
TRANSPORTinformal
uk
/ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/us
→jumbo jet
(Definition ofjumbofrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofjumbo

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This way of describing consciousness is the only true monism that really equates mind with the functioning of physical matter, without recourse to nomological danglers and spiritual mumbojumbo.
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What if a series ofjumbojets crashed every year, leading to the equivalent number of deaths, or a catastrophe occurred regularly in industry?
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The freight business had hoped to build up the service to a point where investment in newjumboferries would be possible.
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Private investment is bound to lead to the advantages of modernjumboferries.
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Thereafter, after a good deal of mumbojumboand inspection, they are told that a certain device is the one that would help them.
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It seems to me that we are getting deeper and deeper into the mire of mumbojumbo.
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The equivalent of fourjumbojet loads of women are dying from pregnancy-related causes in the developing world every day of every year.
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A friend of mine in my constituency said recently that there was a local outcry when thejumbojet was introduced.
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Indeed, one can recall the issue of onejumbojet entering the trade figures, causing major political havoc during the 1970 general election.
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