单词 | super-jumbo |
释义 | super-jumboadj.n. Originally U.S. A. adj. 1. Much bigger than is standard or usual; extremely large. ΚΠ 1923 30th Ann. Rep. Agric. Exper. Station (Univ. Minnesota) 63 Thirteen of the best colonies available in the queen raising yard were put into twelve super-jumbo hives. 1928 N.Y. Times 18 Nov. 15 (advt.) Choice Guadalupe Valley pecans, the finest flavor, soft shell... Six sizes to choose from: small size runs 120 to 140 pecans..; medium size..; large size..; extra large..; jumbo..; super-jumbo. 1948 Berkshire Evening Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 12 Apr. 7 (advt.) ‘Super Jumbo Wardrobe Closets’. Made to hold up to 30 garments! 1976 N.Y. Times 27 Aug. (advt.) Create a place for everything with see-through vinyl garment bags..not shown: super jumbo bag. 2008 Independent 4 Apr. (Extra section) 6/5 Super-Jumbo mortgages... The elephant in your living room. 2. spec. Of a jet aircraft: that is a super-jumbo (see sense B. 2). ΚΠ 1968 Aeroplane 27 Mar. 6/1 The Boeing 747 will no doubt be developed to, say, a 500-600-seat Boeing 747-320B, a super-jumbo-jet, by the mid-1970s. 1971 N.Y. Times 19 Sept. d19/4 Doris becomes the pilot of one of those Super Jumbo jets. 1991 Business Week 30 Sept. 9/2 The seattle-based aircraft manufacturer needs to launch a new superjumbo jet to maintain Boeing's legitimate supremacy. 2000 N.Y. Times 1 July c2/2 Plans by Airbus Industrie for a gigantic superjumbo jetliner....which will transport at least 550 passengers. B. n. 1. Anything notably large in size, esp. something (usually a commercial product) significantly larger than is standard or usual. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness > and impressiveness > that which is goldarned1857 super-jumbo1923 biggie1945 Moby Dicka1974 1923 Minnesota Horticulturist Aug. 253 Part of the hives in the apiary are super-jumbos, the largest hives made except long-idea hives. They hold twelve jumbo frames spaced one and a half inches. 1924 S. R. Hall Handbk. Sales Managem. §IX. 368 Mr. B— said..‘Nothing doing, I have bought all the calendars I am going to buy.’..The order was for 150 super jumbos. 1944 Los Angeles Times 27 Feb. (Home Mag.) 7 (advt.) Pansies... Brilliant, multi-colored Super Jumbos. Regular $3.50 per 100. 1969 N.Y. Times 30 Nov. 61 (advt.) Remington hair setter sets hair in minutes. Get 20 rollers, including super jumbos. 1987 N.Y. Times 31 May r56 (advt.) Mortgages..Quality services at competitive prices... Superjumbos up to $600,000. 2011 J. Stern & M. Stern Roadfood 330 St. Olaf Tap serves the biggest of all tenderloins in the southern Midwest's tenderloin belt... We highly recommend getting the super jumbo. 2. spec. A (proposed) passenger aircraft that is bigger than a jumbo jet, typically containing between five hundred and one thousand seats. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with jet engine(s) > types of superjet1945 twin-jet1946 fan-jet1963 jumbo jet1964 jump jet1964 jumbo1966 super-jumbo1968 tri-jet1968 stretch plane1971 stretch1973 wide-body1979 1968 Industr. Res. Aug. 13/2 Both Boeing and McDonnell Douglas officials feel the first super jumbos must be conventionally powered if they come into existence during the 1970s. 1991 N.Y. Times 23 June f6 For Boeing, the biggest worry is Airbus' hope to build a super jumbo that would trump the 747. 1994 Economist 12 Nov. 142/1 They promote their plans for a superjumbo capable of carrying up to 1,000 people. 2000 Esquire July 130/1 BAE Systems—and its partners in Airbus Industrie—are developing twin-aisle, double-decker super-jumbos big enough to house up to 650 passengers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1923 |
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