jumbo
英 ['dʒʌmbəʊ]
美 ['dʒʌmbo]
- adj. 巨大的；特大的
- n. 庞然大物；巨型喷气式飞机；体大而笨拙的人或物
助记提示
1. 大象金宝（1861年－1885年9月15日），为一只大型非洲象，于1861年在法属苏丹诞生，之后被引进至巴黎动物园，并于1865年转调至伦敦动物园、1882年由美国马戏团知名经纪人费尼尔司·泰勒·巴纳姆收购。
2. 金宝的名字“金宝jumbo”已被普遍延伸成大尺寸（大尺度）的含意。
3. 当今英文的用法中，“金宝jumbo”此名衍绎成“大的”或“极大”的意思，金宝热狗（jumbo hot dog） 指的就是大热狗，金宝喷射机（Jumbo Jet）其实指的是波音747。
中文词源
jumbo 巨型的，大型客机来自Jumbo,19世纪末伦敦动物园一头大象的名字，可能来自西非某语言。由于该大象异常巨大且如此知名，因此引申词义巨大的，巨型的，并用于指大型客机，特别是波音747.
英文词源
- jumbo (adj.)
- "very large, unusually large for its type," 1882, a reference to Jumbo, name of the London Zoo's huge elephant (acquired from France, said to have been captured as a baby in Abyssinia in 1861), sold February 1882 to U.S. circus showman P.T. Barnum amid great excitement in America and great outcry in England, both fanned by Barnum. The name is perhaps from slang jumbo "clumsy, unwieldy fellow" (1823), which itself is possibly from a word for "elephant" in a West African language (compare Kongo nzamba).
"I tell you conscientiously that no idea of the immensity of the animal can be formed. It is a fact that he is simply beyond comparison. The largest elephants I ever saw are mere dwarfs by the side of Jumbo." [P.T. Barnum, interview, "Philadelphia Press," April 22, 1882]
As a product size, by 1886 (cigars). Jumbo jet attested by 1964.
双语例句
- 1. It's all full of psychoanalytic mumbo-jumbo.
- 这里面全是精神分析的一派胡言。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. a jumbo pack of cornflakes
- 一盒特大包装的玉米片
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Jumbo jets somehow lack the glamour of the transatlantic liner.
- 大型喷气式飞机不像橫渡大西洋的客轮那么引人注目.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He bought a jumbo packet of washing - power.
- 他买了一包特大型包装的洗衣粉.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Though Jummy agreed to go at once, Jumbo refused to move.
- 虽然Jimmy答应 马上走开, 可是Jumbo却不愿意动.
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