[N-COUNT 可数名词]量;数额 The volume of something is the amount of it that there is.
[usu sing]
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。
...the sheer volume of traffic and accidents.
交通流量之大、事故之多
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]体积;容积;容量 The volume of an object is the amount of space that it contains or occupies.
[usu sing]
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。
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]书;书籍 A volume is a book.
[FORMAL 正式]
...a 125-page volume.
一本125页的书
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](书籍的)卷,册 A volume is one book in a series of books.
[usu supp N]
...the first volume of his autobiography.
他自传的第一卷
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](杂志的)合集,合订本 A volume is a collection of several issues of a magazine, for example all the issues for one year.
[usu with supp]
...bound volumes of the magazine.
杂志的合订本
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](广播、电视或音响系统的)音量,声量,响度 The volume of a radio, television, or sound system is the loudness of the sound it produces.
He turned down the volume...
他调低了音量。
He came to complain about the volume of the music.
他过来抱怨音乐的音量太高了。
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[PHRASE 短语]清楚表明;详尽说明;充分说明 If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
[V inflects]
What you wear speaks volumes about you...
你的衣着能传递很多关于你的信息。
Their absence spoke volumes.
他们的缺席已经充分说明了问题。
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vol·ume★AWL/ˈvɒljuːm; NAmEˈvɑːljuːm;ˈvɑːljəm/noun1★[uncountable , countable ]the amount of space that an object or a substance fills; the amount of space that a container has 体积;容积;容量◆How do you measure the volume of a gas?你如何计量气体的体积?◆jars of different volumes不同容量的罐子2★[uncountable , countable ]the amount of sth 量;额◆the sheer volume(= large amount)of business 大量业务◆This work has grown in volume recently.这项工作的量最近增加了。◆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。◆Sales volumes fell 0.2% in June.六月份的销售额下降了 0.2%。3★[uncountable ]the amount of sound that is produced by a television, radio, etc. 音量;响度◆to turn the volume up/down把音量调大╱小4★[countable ](abbr.vol. )a book, that is part of a series of books (成套书籍中的)一卷,一册◆an encyclopedia in 20 volumes一套 20 卷的百科全书5[countable ]( formal) a book 书◆a library of over 50 000 volumes藏书 5 万多册的图书馆◆a slim volume of poetry薄薄的一本诗集6[countable ](abbr.vol. )a series of different issues of the same magazine, especially all the issues for one year 卷,合订本(同一杂志的一系列期刊,尤指一年的)◆‘New Scientist’ volume 142, number 3《新科学家》第 142 卷第 3 号IDIOMsee
1sound [uncountable] the amount of sound produced by a television, radio etcturn the volume up/down Can you turn the volume up?RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say turn something up or turn something down rather than use the noun volume:· Can you turn the TV up a bit?· She’s always yelling at us to turn our music down.2amount of something [countable usually singular, uncountable] the total amount of something, especially when it is large or increasingvolume of The volume of traffic on the roads has increased dramatically in recent years. the volume of trade► see thesaurus at
amount
3space filled [countable usually singular] a measurement of the amount of space that a substance or object fills, or the amount of space in a containervolume of an instrument for measuring the volume of a gas The volume of the container measures 10,000 cubic metres.► see thesaurus at
size
4book [countable] (written abbreviation vol.)a)a book that is part of a set, or one into which a very long book is divided: The period from 1940–45 is in volume 9.b)formal a bookvolume of a volume of Keats’s poetryc)all the copies of a particular magazine printed in one particular year → speak volumes
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