magnum

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mag·num /ˈmæɡnəm/ noun [countable]  1. DFDa large bottle containing about 1.5 litres of wine, champagne etc 〔约装1.5升葡萄酒或香槟酒等的〕大酒瓶2  PMWa powerful type of gun that you can use with one hand 大口径手枪 a .44 magnum 点四四口径的手枪 →4  See picture of 见图 BOTTLE 1

Examples from the Corpus

magnum• He receives £750 and a magnum of champagne.• If some one gets hit by a magnum bullet, he is dead.• You are the most extraordinary and wonderful woman I have ever encountered, and I shall make it a magnum of champagne.• Delaney went in, and pulled up as if he had been hit with a magnum at close range.• As she began to tick them off, a manservant rushed up with a magnum of champagne.• These small cerebellar projections - we call them the tonsils - have been compressed against the bony rim of the foramen magnum.• The wine was Beaune Clos de Mouche 1982, in magnum.• That magnum has a kick like a field-gun.Origin magnum 1. (1700-1800) Latin magnus “great”2. (1900-2000) Magnum, a trademark

mag·num nounChineseSyllable  

containing litres a 1.5 large Corpus wine, champagne about bottle of

magnum
mag‧num /ˈmæɡnəm/ noun [countable]1. a large bottle containing about 1.5 litres of wine, champagne etc
2. a powerful type of gun that you can use with one hand:
    a .44 magnum

mag·numBrE /ˈmæɡnəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmæɡnəm/ 🔊 nouna bottle containing 1.5 litres of wine, etc. （容量为 1.5 升的）大酒瓶，大瓶