| 单词 | volume |
| 释义 | volume (once / 75 pages) 1n 2n 3n Volume can mean how much space something takes up. You could measure a bean's volume by placing it in water and measuring the water's rise. You can also use volume as you measure sound or the number of books in a series. Your mom might demand that you turn down the volume on your stereo as she reaches for the next volume of Dante's Divine Comedy. She would rather read about Hell in silence. WORD FAMILYvolume: volumes, voluminous+/voluminous: voluminosity, voluminously, voluminousness USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s a tough task, but the fact they looked poised to challenge at one point speaks volumes about their progress. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) “It’s just the vagaries of the system, the complexity of the cases and the sheer volume that is present in the criminal justice system.” Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Contributors to this volume discuss their stories, about the residual effects of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n the property of something that is great in magnitude the volume of exports Syn|Hypo|Hyper bulk, mass dollar volume, turnover the volume measured in dollars magnitude the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) 2n a relative amount 2mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water Hyper amount, measure, quantity how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify 1n the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) the kids played their music at full volume Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper intensity, loudness softness a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency crescendo (music) a gradual increase in loudness forte, fortissimo(music) loud swella crescendo followed by a decrescendo sound property an attribute of sound 2n the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object 3the gas expanded to twice its original volume Hypo|Hyper capacity, content the amount that can be contained vital capacitythe maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue amount, measure, quantity how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify 1n a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications the third volume was missing he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review Hyper publication a copy of a printed work offered for distribution 2n physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together Syn|Hypo|Hyper book album a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc coffee-table bookan elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table folioa book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages hardback, hardcovera book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers journala record book as a physical object novela printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction order booka book in which customers' orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the order paper-back book, paperback, paperback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, softback, softback booka book with paper covers picture booka book consisting chiefly of pictures sketch block, sketch pad, sketchbooka book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn notebooka book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda autograph albuman album for autographs coloring booka picture book with line drawings intended to be colored with crayons by children daybook, ledgeran accounting journal as a physical object diarya personal journal (as a physical object) phonograph album, record albuman album for holding phonograph records photograph albuman album for photographs pocket book, pocket edition, pocketbookpocket-sized paperback book scrapbookan album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted stamp albuman album for stamps commonplace booka notebook in which you enter memorabilia jottera small notebook for rough notes playbooka notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team) product, production an artifact that has been created by someone or some process |
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