| 单词 | volume |
| 释义 | volume /vol"yoohm, -yeuhm/, n. 1. a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book. 2. one book of a related set or series. 3. a set of issues of a periodical, often covering one year. 4. Hist. a roll of papyrus, parchment, or the like, or of manuscript. 5. the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies. 6. a mass or quantity, esp. a large quantity, of something: a volume of mail. 7. amount; total: the volume of sales. 8. the degree of sound intensity or audibility; loudness: to turn up the volume on a radio. 9. fullness or quantity of tone. 10. speak volumes, a. to be very evident or significant: Her testimony spoke volumes. b. to be expressive or meaningful: Your eyes speak volumes. [1350-1400; ME volum(e) < MF < L volumen roll (of sheets), equiv. to volu-, base of volvere to roll + -men n. suffix] Syn. 5. See size1. |
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