英语单词 | jumbo |
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英美音标 | 英 ['dʒʌmbəʊ] 美 ['dʒʌmboʊ] |
中文释义 | n.喷气式飞机 adj.特大的 |
英语例句 | (1) The computerised control cab of the driver has been compared to that of a jumbo jet (2) He bought a jumbo packet of washing-powder. (3) The world's first Jumbo Hostel finally opens! (4) All cement jumbo bag for Export are waterproof. (5) Four Jumbo Jacks stopped him in a dead lane. |
中文例句 | (1) 用电脑控制的司机室可与大型喷气式客机的驾驶舱相媲美。 (2) 他买了一包特大型包装的洗衣粉。 (3) 世界上第一个大型旅馆终于打开! (4) 出口水泥大包装袋全部采用防水包装。 (5) 四个彪形大汉在一个死胡同里拦住了他。 |
vocabulary简明 | Something that's jumbo is extra large. Your jumbo television might look funny in your tiny apartment. |
vocabulary扩展 | Jumbo is an informal adjective that describes anything enormous. You might spy the word on a menu at a seafood restaurant that serves "jumbo shrimp," or hear it when you're boarding a massive "jumbo jet." The word comes from a famous elephant, Jumbo, known for being the largest in captivity in the 1800s, and purchased from the London Zoo by circus owner P.T. Barnum in 1882. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词](主要用于广告和产品名称中)巨大的,巨型的,特大的 Jumbo means very large; used mainly in advertising and in the names of products. [ADJ n]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]大型喷气式客机 A jumbo or a jumbo jet is a very large jet aircraft that can carry several hundred passengers.
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