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magnum

[ mag-nuhm ]

noun

  1. a large wine bottle having a capacity of two ordinary bottles or 1.5 liters (1.6 quarts).
  2. a magnum cartridge or firearm.


adjective

  1. (of a cartridge) equipped with a larger charge than other cartridges of the same size.
  2. (of a firearm) using such a cartridge.
  3. Informal. unusually great in power or size:

    a magnum spotlight; a magnum dosage.

magnum

/ 藞尘忙伞苍蓹尘 /

noun

  1. a wine bottle holding the equivalent of two normal bottles (approximately 52 fluid ounces)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of magnum1

1780鈥90; < Latin, neuter of magnus large; in reference to firearms, originally used as a trademark by the Smith and Wesson Co.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of magnum1

C18: from Latin: a big thing, from magnus large
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His magnum opus was Michael Jackson鈥檚 鈥淭hriller,鈥 widely agreed upon as the bestselling album of all time.

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Miller鈥檚 magnum opus, 鈥淔ury Road鈥 is at once the apotheosis of his cinematic genius 鈥 it鈥檚 one of the great movies of the last decade 鈥 and a departure narratively and tonally from the previous films.

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He took another Greyhound to Los Angeles, this time with a .357 magnum his brother had purchased for him.

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It ended as he was trying to finish writing 鈥淐omic Book Wars,鈥 his eagerly awaited magnum opus about the industry.

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Referred to as Serra鈥檚 magnum opus, with its vast and wavy, ribbon-like pattern and 183 tons of steel, 鈥淏and鈥 took more than two years to create and install.

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