XL is the clothes size that means extra large — bigger than L (large). You see it printed on the label inside a shirt, on the tag in a shop, and in the size list on a shopping website: S, M, L, XL, XXL. It is usually written in capitals with no full stops, and you say the two letters: "ex-el".

XL is the clothes size that means extra largeXL是衣服尺寸的一種，意思是特大號 bigger than L (large)比L(大號)還要大。You see it printed on the label inside a shirt你會看到它印在衣服裡面的標籤上 on the tag in a shop印在店裡的吊牌上 and in the size list on a shopping website: S, M, L, XL, XXL也會出現在購物網站的尺寸表裡：S、M、L、XL、XXL。It is usually written in capitals with no full stops通常寫成大寫，中間不加句點 and you say the two letters: "ex-el"唸的時候就唸兩個字母："ex-el"

You can use it on its own ("Do you have this in XL?", "I take an XL") or before the noun ("an XL T-shirt"). For sizes above it, English piles up the X's: XXL, XXXL, or written 2XL, 3XL.

You can use it on its own ("Do you have this in XL?", "I take an XL")你可以單獨用它，像"Do you have this in XL?"(有XL的嗎？)、"I take an XL"(我穿XL) or before the noun ("an XL T-shirt")也可以放在名詞前面，像"an XL T-shirt"(一件XL的T恤)。For sizes above it比XL更大的尺寸 English piles up the X's: XXL, XXXL英文就把X疊上去：XXL、XXXL or written 2XL, 3XL或寫成2XL、3XL

Two useful facts for shopping. One, XL is not a fixed measurement — an XL from an American brand is often much bigger than an Asian XL, which is why Taiwanese shoppers looking at Japanese or Taiwanese labels may need a size up when buying from the US. Two, the letters have escaped clothing: fast-food drinks, pizza, phone screens and cars all get called XL to mean "the big one", and companies use it in product names for the same reason.

Two useful facts for shopping購物時有兩件事很有用。One, XL is not a fixed measurement第一，XL不是固定的尺寸 an XL from an American brand is often much bigger than an Asian XL美國品牌的XL常常比亞洲的XL大很多 which is why Taiwanese shoppers looking at Japanese or Taiwanese labels may need a size up when buying from the US所以習慣看日系或台灣尺碼的台灣買家，跟美國網站買的時候可能要選大一號。Two, the letters have escaped clothing第二，這些字母已經跳脫衣服的範圍了 fast-food drinks, pizza, phone screens and cars all get called XL to mean "the big one"速食飲料、披薩、手機螢幕、汽車都會被叫XL，意思就是「大的那款」 and companies use it in product names for the same reason廠商也基於同樣的理由把它用在產品名稱裡

Notice you say "an XL", not "a XL", because the letter X begins with a vowel sound, /e/.

Notice you say "an XL", not "a XL"要注意，你會說"an XL"，不會說"a XL" because the letter X begins with a vowel sound, /e/因為字母X開頭的發音是母音/e/