whoppers

英 [ˈwɒpəz]

美 [ˈwɑpərz]

n.  特大的(或硕大的)东西; 谎言; 瞎话
whopper的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 弥天大谎
  If you describe a lie as awhopper, you mean that it is very far from the truth.
  1. ...the biggest whopper the president told.
     总统撒的弥天大谎
• N-COUNT 特别大的物体;庞然大物
  If you refer to something as awhopper, you mean that it is an unusually large example of the thing mentioned.
  1. As comets go, it is a whopper.
     就彗星而言，它可是个庞然大物。

双语例句

• I heard me whoppers in my time, but that tops them all.
  我听过不少吹牛，这个是最精彩的。
• Half the interviewees were entirely truthful, and half told at least three whoppers, lies they thought would make them more attractive candidates for the fake job.
  有一半的面试者表现得十分诚实，而另一半则撒了至少三个弥天大谎使他们在模拟求职中更为突出。
• Is whoppers the best one?
  特大号的就是最好的？
• I had always assumed CVs were riddled with evasions, half-truths and downright whoppers.
  我向来认定，简历中充斥着遁辞、半真半假的事实和彻头彻尾的谎话。
• Top of the list of whoppers is that Father Christmas really does exist and that he won't bring any presents unless you're good.
  世界上第1大谎言要算圣诞老人真的存在；如果你表现好，这位白胡子老爷爷就会给你送来礼物了。
• He loves telling whoppers, but I don't see why he always needs to exaggerate.
  他喜欢撒大谎，但是我真不明白他为什么老是喜欢夸张。
• My lies are not necessarily whoppers, but are deceptions and distortions.
  我撒的不一定是弥天大谎，但足以掩人耳目、扭曲事实。
• He tells some absolute whoppers sometimes.
  他有时会撒弥天大谎。