volume

['vɔljum]

n.卷, 体积, 册, 音量, 容量

n.

1. 卷, 册[C]

That encyclopedia is in twenty volumes.

那套百科全书有二十卷。

2. 体积; 容积[U]

The volume of this container is 1000 cubic feet.

该容器的容积是一千立方英尺。

3. (生产, 交易等的)量; 额[C][U]

The volume of business with Japan has increased.

与日本的贸易额增加了。

4. 音量[U]

Don't play your radio at full volume.

不要把收音机开到最大的音量。

5. 【书】书籍, 厚本书

6. 大量, 许多[P1][(+of)]

Can you see volumes of smoke pouring from the factory chimney?

你看到大团大团的烟正从工厂的烟囱涌出来吗?

词形变化

名词复数：volumes

词义辨析

同义:

n.体积; 容积; 量; 额

amount  quantity  capacity  content  proportion  measure  extent

n.卷, 册; 书籍

book  publication  work  writing  

同义参见:

dimensions  much  extension  mountain  measurement  mass  magnitude  breadth  content  width  edition  storage  weight  plenty  

英英释义

名词 volume:

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

the property of something that is great in magnitude

同义词：bulk, mass

physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

同义词：book

a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications

a relative amount

the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

同义词：loudness, intensity

短语词组

speak volumes for

1. 充分说明

Her refusal to become angry with those naughty children spoke volumes for her patience.

她不对那些淘气的孩子发脾气足见她很有耐心。

补充

volumevolume英:[ˈvɔlju:m] 美:[ˈvɑljum, -jəm]n.1.卷, 册, 书卷For that article he has worked over some 30 volumes of Chinese history.为了写那篇论文, 他仔细查阅了大约30册中国历史书。2.体积; 容积, 容量Pressure varies directly with temperature and inversely with volume.压力随温度成正比例变化, 与容积成反比例变化。3.音量, 响度He turned up the volume on the television.他开大了电视音量。

例句

1. The volume of sales has increased slightly.销售量小幅上涨了。 2. the sheer volume of traffic and accidents交通流量之大、事故之多 3. A given volume of air contains only about one-third as much oxygen as it would at sea level.一定容积空气的含氧量只有海平面处空气含氧量的三分之一左右。 4. When egg whites are beaten they can rise to seven or eight times their original volume.打过的蛋清, 体积可以涨到原来的七八倍。 5. a 125-page volume一本125页的书 6. the first volume of his autobiography他自传的第一卷 7. bound volumes of the magazine杂志的合订本 8. He came to complain about the volume of the music.他过来抱怨音乐的音量太高了。 9. His expression spoke volumes.他的表情已经充分说明了问题。 10. What you wear speaks volumes about you.你的衣着就能说明你是什么样的人。 11. the sewer could not cope with the volume of rainwater.下水道无法对付大量雨水。 12. [count noun]a volume of air.气的体积。 13. changes in the volume of consumer spending.消费支出量的变化。 14. the volumes of data handled are vast.数据处理量很大。 15. he turned the volume up on the radio.他调高了收音机音量。 16. What is the volume of this sphere?这个球体的体积是多少？ 17. I've got volumes of work to get through.我有大量工作要完成。 18. to turn the volume on a radio up/down调高╱调低收音机的音量 19. a low/high volume音量低╱高 20. The dictionary comes in three volumes.这部词典分三卷出版。 21. The volume is too loud.音量太大了。 22. Can you turn the volume up/down?你能把音量调大/小些吗？ 23. playing music at full/top/high/low volume以最大/最高/较高/较低音量播放音乐 24. This knob controls volume.这个旋钮用来控制音量。 25. She fiddled with the volume on the stereo.她调试了音响的音量旋钮。 26. a high/low/large/small volume of sales很高/低/大/小的销量 27. Huge volumes of park visitors come through every weekend.每到周末公园的客流量都很大。 28. an increase in traffic volume车流量的增加 29. The box has a volume of three cubic meters.这个箱子的容积为三立方米。 30. "We measure the items by weight, not by volume."这些商品我们是按重量而不是体积来测量。 31. This thin little volume is a delightful read.这本薄薄的小册子读起来很有意思。 32. a long novel that was published in three volumes分三卷出版的长篇小说 33. "The first volume of the series was disappointing, but I hear the second volume is better."这个系列的第一册令人失望，不过我听说第二册要好些。 34. "The article appears in volume 19, number 4."这篇文章刊登在第19卷第4期。 35. The company's decision to ignore the problem speaks volumes [=says a lot] about its lack of leadership.公司决定对此问题不予理会，这充分说明其领导不力。