| 单词 | bulk |
| 释义 | bulk (once / 316 pages) nv Don’t be intimidated by the bulk of the dictionary on your desk. If you look in it, you’ll see that bulk is a small word used to talk about large things. Bulk has a variety of meanings that all involve something large, like the bulk of a ship in the harbor, or the excess bulk of your overweight cat. Bulk can also mean “majority,” as when the bulk of your diet is tater tots and guacamole. You can expect to put on a lot of bulk if you eat like that. WORD FAMILYbulk: bulked, bulking, bulks, bulky+/bulky: bulkier, bulkiest, bulkily, bulkiness USAGE EXAMPLESRookie Derrick Henry, the 2015 Heisman Trophy winner, got the bulk of the workload late with 15 carries for 65 yards and a touchdown. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) But the bulk of the collection consists of dead-tree artifacts, some of them charmingly weird. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) In 1959, Raymond Williams described the seemingly insurmountable gulf between the progressive intellectuals of his day and the great bulk of the population. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1n the property possessed by a large mass Hyper mass the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field 2n the property of something that is great in magnitude it is cheaper to buy it in bulk Syn|Hypo|Hyper mass, volume dollar volume, turnover the volume measured in dollars magnitude the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) 3n the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part the bulk of the work is finished Syn|Ant|Hyper majority minority being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts figure, number the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals 4v stick out or up The parcel bulked in the sack Hyper bulge, pouch, protrude swell or protrude outwards 5v cause to bulge or swell outwards Syn|Hyper bulge swell cause to become swollen |
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