jumbo
英 ['dʒʌmbəʊ]
美 ['dʒʌmbo]
- adj. 巨大的；特大的
- n. 龐然大物；巨型噴氣式飛機；體大而笨拙的人或物
助記提示
1. 大象金寶（1861年－1885年9月15日），為一隻大型非洲象，於1861年在法屬蘇丹誕生，之後被引進至巴黎動物園，並於1865年轉調至倫敦動物園、1882年由美國馬戲團知名經紀人費尼爾司·泰勒·巴納姆收購。
2. 金寶的名字“金寶jumbo”已被普遍延伸成大尺寸（大尺度）的含意。
3. 當今英文的用法中，“金寶jumbo”此名衍繹成“大的”或“極大”的意思，金寶熱狗（jumbo hot dog） 指的就是大熱狗，金寶噴射機（Jumbo Jet）其實指的是波音747。
中文詞源
jumbo 巨型的，大型客機來自Jumbo,19世紀末倫敦動物園一頭大象的名字，可能來自西非某語言。由於該大象異常巨大且如此知名，因此引申詞義巨大的，巨型的，並用於指大型客機，特別是波音747.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. It's all full of psychoanalytic mumbo-jumbo.
- 這裏麵全是精神分析的一派胡言。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. a jumbo pack of cornflakes
- 一盒特大包裝的玉米片
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Jumbo jets somehow lack the glamour of the transatlantic liner.
- 大型噴氣式飛機不像橫渡大西洋的客輪那麽引人注目.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He bought a jumbo packet of washing - power.
- 他買了一包特大型包裝的洗衣粉.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Though Jummy agreed to go at once, Jumbo refused to move.
- 雖然Jimmy答應 馬上走開, 可是Jumbo卻不願意動.
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