| 英语单词 | ream |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [riːm] 美 [riːm] |
| 中文释义 | n.令;大量的纸;许多(文字) v.扩展;扩大;榨出(汁) |
| 英语例句 | (1) Steeped in new moods and ideas, I bought a ream of paper and tried to write. (2) He writes reams of verse. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 沉湎在新的心境与想法里,我买了一令纸试图写作。 (2) 他写很多的诗。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A ream is a quantity of paper sold in a bundle, once comprised of 480 sheets but now rounded up to 500. If you write reams of love letters to your beloved, I hope she appreciates them. Or at least recycles. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The word ream has two distinct meanings, depending on whether you use it as a noun or a verb. As a noun, it refers to an amount of paper, its origin from the Arabic rizmah, or "bundle." As a verb, ream is a rough word that can mean "to make a hole in" or "to squeeze." When you "ream someone out" you give them a scolding. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]大量;许多 If you say that there are reams of paper or reams of writing, you mean that there are large amounts of it. [usu pl] [INFORMAL 非正式]
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