意味(日本語)

太った、大きい

語源

• gross- : OF.gros = (大きい) < LL.grosus = (厚い, 粗い)

意味(英語)

• (adjective) Exclusive of deductions; total: gross profits. See Synonyms at whole.
• (adjective) Unmitigated in any way; utter: gross incompetence.
• (adjective) Glaringly obvious: gross injustice. See Synonyms at flagrant.
• (adjective) Brutishly coarse, as in behavior; crude: "It is futile to expect a hungry and squalid population to be anything but violent and gross” ( Thomas H. Huxley).
• (adjective) Offensive; disgusting.

例文

• In addition, from time to time on this call we refer to the term gross sales.