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单词 jumbo
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jumbo

/ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/
informal <非正式>
(pl. -os)
1
a very large person or thing
身躯硕大的人; 庞然大物。
1.1
(亦作jumbo jet)a very large airliner (originally and specifically a Boeing 747)
大型喷气式客机(原专指波音747)。
attrib.
very large
巨大的:

a jumbo pad.

一本特大号便笺簿。

词源
early 19th cent. (originally of a person): probably the second element of MUMBO-JUMBO. Originally denoting a large and clumsy person, the term was popularized as the name of an elephant at London Zoo, sold in 1882 to the Barnum and Bailey circus.
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