gross
[UK]/grəʊs/ [US]/groʊs/
adjective adverb
A
* (in) total
总的，毛的；总共，全部

1. A person's gross income is the money they earn before tax is deducted from it.
个人总收入是指税前的收入总和。

2. Once wrapped, the gross weight of the package is 2kg.
包装后，这个包裹的总重量是两公斤。

3. She earns £30,000 a year gross.
她每年的总收入是三万英镑。
Compare net

[UK]/grəʊs/ [US]/groʊs/
adjective
UNACCEPTABLE 无法接受的
[before noun] formal
* (especially in law) unacceptable because clearly wrong
（尤指违法行为）严重的，恶劣的，极端的，不能接受的

1. gross misconduct/indecency
严重渎职／猥亵

2. a gross violation of justice
严重违反公平

[UK]/grəʊs/ [US]/groʊs/
adjective
FAT 胖的
* extremely fat or large and ugly
极胖而难看的；臃肿难看的；庞大不雅观的

1. I'd put on ten kilos and felt gross in my bikini.
我体重增加了十公斤，穿着比基尼觉得臃肿难看。

[UK]/grəʊs/ [US]/groʊs/
adjective
UNPLEASANT 令人不快的
informal
* extremely unpleasant
极其令人厌恶的；令人恶心的；令人不快的

1. "Oh, gross!" she said, looking at the flies buzzing above the piles of dirty plates.
“呀，真恶心！”她看着在一堆堆肮脏的碟子上飞来飞去的苍蝇说道。

[UK]/grəʊs/ [US]/groʊs/
verb [T]
* to earn a particular amount of money before tax is paid or costs are subtracted
总收入为；总共赚得；获得…毛利

1. The film has grossed over $200 million this year.
这出电影今年总收入超过了两亿美元。

[UK]/grəʊs/ [US]/groʊs/
verb [T]
phrasal verb [M] gross sb out mainly US informal
* If something grosses you out, you think it is very unpleasant or disgusting
使（某人）恶心；令（某人）憎恶；令（某人）作呕

1. He smells and he's dirty - he really grosses me out.
他全身臭烘烘的，非常肮脏——真让我恶心。

[UK]/grəʊs/ [US]/groʊs/
noun [C] (plural gross or grosses)
old-fashioned
* (a group of) 144
一箩（12打，144个）

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gross
gross / ^rEus; NAmE ^rous / adjective (gross·er, gross·est)
1. [only before noun] being the total amount of sth before anything is taken away
   总的；毛的:
    gross weight (= including the container or wrapping)
   毛重
    gross income / wage (= before taxes, etc. are taken away)
   (税前)总收益/工资
   Investments showed a gross profit of 26%.
   投资毛利为 26%。
⇨ compare net
2. [only before noun] (formal or law 律) (of a crime, etc. 罪行等) very obvious and unacceptable
   严重的:
    gross indecency / negligence / misconduct
   严重猥亵/过失/渎职
   a gross violation of human rights
   严重违反人权
3. (informal) very unpleasant
   令人不快的；令人恶心的；使人厌恶的
   SYN  disgusting :
   'He ate it with mustard.' 'Oh, gross!'
   "他用芥末拌着吃。" "啊,真恶心！"
⇨ note at disgusting
4. very rude
   粗鲁的；不雅的
   SYN  crude :
   gross behaviour
   粗鲁的行为
5. very fat and ugly
   肥胖而丑陋的:
   She's not just fat, she's positively gross!
   她不只是胖,她简直是五大三粗！
• gross·ness noun [U] adverb   in total, before anything is taken away
   总共；全部:
   She earns £25 000 a year gross.
   她一年总收入为 25 000 英镑。
⇨ compare net adj. verb [VN]
   to earn a particular amount of money before tax has been taken off it
   总收入为；总共赚得:
   It is six of the biggest grossing movies of all time.
   这是票房收入创历史之最的影片之一。
 PHRASAL VERBS 
▪ 7gross sb 'out (NAmE, informal)
   to be very unpleasant and make sb feel disgusted
   使人恶心；令人憎恶；令人作呕
   SYN  disgust :
   His bad breath really grossed me out.
   他的口臭实在使我恶心。 noun1. (pl. gross) a group of 144 things
   一罗(144 个):
   two gross of apples
   两罗苹果
   to sell sth by the gross
   按罗出售
2. (pl. grosses) (especially US) a total amount of money earned by sth, especially a film / movie, before any costs are taken away
   (尤指影片的)毛收入,总收入

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gross

I. noun
Gross is used after these nouns: box office

II. adj.
Gross is used with these nouns: asset, breach, corruption, cost, debt, disparity, distortion, dividend, earnings, exaggeration, expenditure, generalization, ignorance, impertinence, income, incompetence, indecency, inefficiency, inequality, injustice, insensitivity, investment, margin, miscalculation, misconduct, mismanagement, misuse, negligence, output, pay, proceeds, profit, receipt, return, revenue, salary, sale, simplification, slander, takings, turnover, underestimate, understatement, violation, weight

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gross
 1.
   gross out
   â˜†
   Slang to disgust, shock, offend, etc.
 2.
   in the gross
   1) in bulk; as a whole
   2) wholesale
     also by the gross

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gross verb
⇨ make 3gross adj.
⇨ disgusting 1 (gross habits) ⇨ overall (a gross profit of 26%)

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gross

adjective
1 I feel gross and even my legs feel flabby
OBESE , corpulent, overweight, fat, big, large, outsize, outsized, massive, immense, huge, colossal, fleshy, flabby, portly, bloated, bulky, hulking, lumpish; cumbersome, unwieldy; informal porky, pudgy, tubby, blubbery, roly-poly; Brit. informal podgy, fubsy; N. Amer. vulgar slang lard-assed; archaic pursy; rare abdominous.
-opposite(s): SLENDER.

2 they used gross insults to intimidate her
VULGAR , coarse, crude, obscene, rude, ribald, lewd, bawdy, dirty, filthy, earthy, smutty, risqué, indecent, indelicate, improper, impure, unseemly, offensive, pornographic; informal sleazy, porno, porn, raunchy, naughty, blue, steamy, spicey, locker-room; Brit. informal fruity, saucy, near the knuckle, close to the bone; N. Amer. informal gamy; euphemistic adult; rare concupiscent.
-opposite(s): PURE.

3 don't go throwing yourself at men of gross natures
BOORISH , loutish, oafish, thuggish, brutish, bearish, Neanderthal, philistine, coarse, uncouth, unsavoury, crass, vulgar, common, unrefined, unsophisticated, uncultured, uncultivated, undiscriminating, tasteless, insensitive, unfeeling, imperceptive, callous; informal cloddish, slobbish, plebby, clodhopping; Brit. informal yobbish; Austral./NZ informal ocker.
-opposite(s): REFINED.

4 (informal) I threw up — it was gross
DISGUSTING , repellent, repulsive, abhorrent, loathsome, detestable, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, stomach-churning, stomach-turning, off-putting, unpalatable, unappetizing, uninviting, unsavoury, distasteful, foul, nasty, obnoxious, odious; N. Amer. vomitous; informal yucky, icky, sick-making, gut-churning; Brit. informal grotty; archaic disgustful.
-opposite(s): LOVELY.

5 the report is a gross distortion of the truth
FLAGRANT , blatant, glaring, obvious, overt, evident, conspicuous; naked, barefaced, shameless, brazen, audacious, brass-necked; undisguised, unconcealed, patent, transparent, manifest, palpable; out and out, utter, complete; outrageous, scandalous, shocking, disgraceful, reprehensible, dreadful, terrible; enormous, heinous, atrocious, monstrous, wicked, iniquitous, villainous; archaic arrant.
-opposite(s): MINOR.

6 tax is deducted from their gross income
TOTAL , whole, entire, complete, full, overall, comprehensive, combined, aggregate; before deductions, before tax.
-opposite(s): NET.

verb
he grosses over a million dollars a month
EARN , make, bring in, take, get, receive, fetch, draw, collect; informal rake in, pull in, haul in, bag.

noun
we sold boxes of sweets by the gross
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR , twelve dozen.

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gross 总的
来自拉丁语grossus, 厚的，粗糙的。可能来自PIE→*ghreu, 刮，磨，词源同great。即刮下来的粗糙大块状物体，后来指大的，总的。

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