英语词汇“to speak volumes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. In the phrase to speak (also express, tell) volumes, to be highly expressive or significant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > become clear [verb (intransitive)]

to bear in1637

to speak (also express, tell) volumes1803

to clear up1875

to come together1907

1803 M. Wilmot Let. 3 May in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) i. 13 A sentimental story that speakes Volumes in favour of the Count and his Daughter.

1810 P. B. Shelley Zastrozzi iv. 46 A pause ensued, during which the eyes of Zastrozzi and Matilda spoke volumes to each guilty soul.

1833 J. G. Whittier Abolitionists in Prose Wks. (1889) III. 86 The late noble example of the eloquent statesman..speaks volumes to his political friends.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 489 A period of eighteen years in which we cannot see that a sword was drawn within the borders of England was..something which speaks volumes in favour of the King.

1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Lumley xv. 106 Mrs. Jock's tone expressed volumes.

单词	to speak volumes
释义	> as lemmas to speak (also express, tell) volumes b. In the phrase to speak (also express, tell) volumes, to be highly expressive or significant. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > become clear [verb (intransitive)] to bear in1637 to speak (also express, tell) volumes1803 to clear up1875 to come together1907 1803 M. Wilmot Let. 3 May in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) i. 13 A sentimental story that speakes Volumes in favour of the Count and his Daughter. 1810 P. B. Shelley Zastrozzi iv. 46 A pause ensued, during which the eyes of Zastrozzi and Matilda spoke volumes to each guilty soul. 1833 J. G. Whittier Abolitionists in Prose Wks. (1889) III. 86 The late noble example of the eloquent statesman..speaks volumes to his political friends. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 489 A period of eighteen years in which we cannot see that a sword was drawn within the borders of England was..something which speaks volumes in favour of the King. 1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Lumley xv. 106 Mrs. Jock's tone expressed volumes. extracted from volumen. < as lemmas
随便看	statute money statute of bankrupt statute of entails statute of frauds statute of labourers statute of limitations statute of lunacy statute of provisors statute of sewers statute of the staple statute perch statute pole statute protestant statute roll statute sessions statute staple statute ton statute work statute yarn statute-barred statute-breaker statute-drawer statute-maker statutebarred statutebreaker

> as lemmas