whopper
[ˈwɑ:pə(r)]
n.
特大的(或硕大的)东西;
谎言;
瞎话;
弥天大谎;
例句:
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As comets go, it is a whopper.
就彗星而言,它可是个庞然大物。
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If she said that, she was telling a real whopper.
要是她那么说的, 她就是说了个大瞎话.
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The fisherman had caught a whopper.
那个打鱼的捕到一条特大的鱼.
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It's a whopper of around 1,500 pages.
来自Sunday Express
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Frank O'Donaghue QC said Stewart told police a "blooming great whopper".
来自BBC
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But even by Texas standards, the verdict against Illinois drugmaker Abbott Laboratories this June was a whopper.
来自FORBES