volume

英 [ˈvɒljuːm]

美 [ˈvɑːljuːm]

n.  体积; 容积; 容量; 量; 额; 音量; 响度

复数：volumes　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1358 / COCA.1917

同义词辨析

sizebulkdimensionvolume【导航词义：大小】

习惯用语

n.

speak volumes (about/for sth/sb)
• 充分说明；清楚表明
  to tell you a lot about sth/sb, without the need for words

牛津词典

noun

• 体积；容积；容量
  the amount of space that an object or a substance fills; the amount of space that a container has
  1. How do you measure the volume of a gas?
     你如何计量气体的体积？
  2. jars of different volumes
     不同容量的罐子
• 量；额
  the amount of sth
  1. the sheer volume (= large amount) of business
     大量业务
  2. This work has grown in volume recently.
     这项工作的量最近增加了。
  3. New roads are being built to cope with the increased volume of traffic.
     正在修建新的道路以应付增加了的交通量。
  4. Sales volumes fell 0.2% in June.
     六月份的销售额下降了0.2%。
• 音量；响度
  the amount of sound that is produced by a television, radio, etc.
  1. to turn the volume up/down
     把音量调大 / 小
• （成套书籍中的）一卷，一册
  a book, that is part of a series of books
  1. an encyclopedia in 20 volumes
     一套20卷的百科全书
• 书
  a book
  1. a library of over 50 000 volumes
     藏书5万多册的图书馆
  2. a slim volume of poetry
     薄薄的一本诗集
• 卷，合订本（同一杂志的一系列期刊，尤指一年的）
  a series of different issues of the same magazine, especially all the issues for one year
  1. ‘New Scientist’ volume 142, number 3
     《新科学家》第142卷第3期

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 量;数额
  Thevolume ofsomething is the amount of it that there is.
  1. Senior officials will be discussing how the volume of sales might be reduced.
     高层领导将要讨论销售量如何削减。
  2. ...the sheer volume of traffic and accidents.
     交通流量之大、事故之多
• N-COUNT 体积;容积;容量
  Thevolumeof an object is the amount of space that it contains or occupies.
  1. It is 2,300 metres above sea level, so a given volume of air contains only about one-third as much oxygen as it would at sea level...
     这是在海拔2,300米的高空，因此一定体积空气的含氧量只有海平面处的约1/3。
  2. When egg whites are beaten they can rise to seven or eight times their original volume.
     蛋清打散后，体积可增至原来的七八倍。
• N-COUNT 书;书籍
  Avolumeis a book.
  1. ...a 125-page volume.
     一本125页的书
• N-COUNT （书籍的）卷，册
  Avolumeis one book in a series of books.
  1. ...the first volume of his autobiography.
     他自传的第一卷
• N-COUNT （杂志的）合集，合订本
  Avolumeis a collection of several issues of a magazine, for example all the issues for one year.
  1. ...bound volumes of the magazine.
     杂志的合订本
• N-UNCOUNT （广播、电视或音响系统的）音量，声量,响度
  Thevolumeof a radio, television, or sound system is the loudness of the sound it produces.
  1. He turned down the volume...
     他调低了音量。
  2. He came to complain about the volume of the music.
     他过来抱怨音乐的音量太高了。
• PHRASE 清楚表明;详尽说明;充分说明
  If something such as an actionspeaks volumes abouta person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
  1. What you wear speaks volumes about you...
     你的衣着能传递很多关于你的信息。
  2. Their absence spoke volumes.
     他们的缺席已经充分说明了问题。

英英释义

noun

• physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
  1. he used a large book as a doorstop
  Synonym:book
• the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
  1. the kids played their music at full volume
  Synonym:loudnessintensity
• the property of something that is great in magnitude
  1. it is cheaper to buy it in bulk
  2. he received a mass of correspondence
  3. the volume of exports
  Synonym:bulkmass
• a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
  1. the third volume was missing
  2. he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review
• the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
  1. the gas expanded to twice its original volume
• a relative amount
  1. mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water

双语例句

• Years have been spent in compiling this volume.
  编辑本卷花了好几年时间。
• He turned down the volume
  他调低了音量。
• Gil rose and went to his bookcase and took down a volume.
  吉尔站起身，走到书架跟前，取下一本书。
• Simon lifted a weighty volume from the shelf.
  西蒙从书架上取下一本厚重的书。
• Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system
  有人调大了公共广播系统的音量。
• I checked to see if the needle indicating volume was oscillating.
  我查看了那根音量指针是否在摆动。
• He came to complain about the volume of the music.
  他过来抱怨音乐的音量太高了。
• It is 2,300 metres above sea level, so a given volume of air contains only about one-third as much oxygen as it would at sea level
  这是在海拔2,300米的高空，因此一定体积空气的含氧量只有海平面处的约1/3。
• This volume of essays was designed to accompany an exhibition in Cologne
  这本文集是为配合在科隆举办的一场展览而出的。
• Senior officials will be discussing how the volume of sales might be reduced.
  高层领导将要讨论销售量如何削减。