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| Text | Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary vol·ume
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin volumen roll, scroll, from volvere to roll
DATE 14th century
1.a. a series of printed sheets bound typically in book form : book b. a series of issues of a periodical c. album 1c2. scroll 1a3. the amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object as measured in cubic units (as quarts or liters) : cubic capacity — see metric system table, weight table4. a. (1) amount ; also : bulk , mass (2) a considerable quantity b. the amount of a substance occupying a particular volume c. mass or the representation of mass in art or architecture 5. the degree of loudness or the intensity of a sound; also : loudness Synonyms: see bulk • vol·umed \\-yəmd, -(ˌ)yümd\\ adjective
(vol·umed ; vol·um·ing) DATE 1815
transitive verb: to send or give out in volume intransitive verb : to roll or rise in volume
DATE circa 1945
: involving large quantitiesoffered volume discounts English Etymology volume late 14c., "roll of parchment containing writing, large book," from O.Fr . volume, from L. volumen (gen. voluminis) "roll (as of a manuscript), coil, wreath," from volvere "to turn around, roll" (see vulva). Meaning "book forming part of a set" (1520s) is from a sense in French. Generalized sense of "bulk, mass, quantity" (1620s) developed from that of "bulk or size of a book" (1520s), again following the sense evolution in the French version of the word.
http://O.Fr Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English volume 1 amount of space ADJ. total the total volume of the containers PREP. by ~ They sell screws and nails by volume. | in ~ 2 litres in volume 2 quantity of sth ADJ. sheer The sheer volume of fiction produced is staggering. | considerable, enormous, great, heavy, high, huge, large, substantial, vast | small VERB + VOLUME increase | decrease, reduce | double/grow//increase/rise in Sales have doubled in volume. | decrease/fall in VOLUME + VERB double, increase, rise Sales volume has doubled since 1999. | decrease, fall 3 strength of sound that sth makes ADJ. high | full, maximum | low VERB + VOLUME increase, turn up | decrease, turn down | grow/increase/rise in | decrease/fall in VOLUME + NOUN control the volume control on the television PREP. at … ~ The car stereo was on at full volume. 4 book ADJ. bound, leather-bound a library full of bound volumes | companion a companion volume to the one on African wildlife | rare Only a specialist shop would have this rare volume. | bulky, massive, substantial, thick, weighty | compact, slim | glossy a forty-page, glossy volume about the company's products | dusty | old | single | separate QUANT. series VERB + VOLUME publish PREP. in a/the ~ Her poems are now available in a single volume. | ~ of a volume of short stories | ~ on a volume on ancient history PHRASES run to five, several, etc. volumes The encyclopedia is a huge work, running to 20 volumes. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ volume vol·ume / 5vClju:m; NAmE 5vB:l-; -jEm / noun1. [U, C] 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. [U, C] 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. [U] 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. [C] (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. [C] (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. [C] (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 IDIOMS ⇨ see speak
OLT volume noun ⇨ book (a volume of poetry) ⇨ chapter (an encyclopedia in 20 volumes) ⇨ number 1 (a huge volume of traffic) ⇨ size (the volume of a gas/jar) ⇨ sound 2 (turn down the volume) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: atomic volume , or molecular volume , or normal volume , or pigment volume , or specific volume , or volume color , or volume displacement , or volume resistance , or volume table , or volume unit , or tidal volume , or center of volume , or combination by volume , or critical volume , or apparent volume vol·ume I. \ˈvälyəm also -l(ˌ)yüm\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English volum, volume, from Middle French, from Latin volumen roll of writing, book, volume, from volvere to roll — more at voluble 1. : a written document (as on parchment) rolled up on a short staff for keeping and unrolled for reading : scroll 2. a. : a collection of printed sheets bound together whether constituting a single work < a volume of memoirs > a part of a work < the first volume of a long biography > or a part in a related series of works < the volume of Victorian poetry in the series of English poetry > : book ; especially : the part of an extended work bound up together in one cover — compare brochure , pamphlet , tome b. : an arbitrary number of issues of a periodical or the issues printed within a set time (as a year) < each issue of a magazine bears a volume number and an issue number which are assigned by the publisher and continue in regular sequence from Volume 1, No. 1. — Theory & Practice of Bookbinding > c. : album 1c< the Russian basso, has done a volume of lieder — Harper's > 3. a. : something that may be studied and interpreted like a book < the volume of nature > b. : something having a rounded or swelling form suggestive of a scroll : coil , convolution , turn < imbedded in the volumes of her hair — J.F.Cooper > < feminine attributes of even greater value than the curves and volumes of the female body — Frank Budgen > 4. : space occupied or enclosed by cubic units (as inches, feet, quarts, pecks, bushels, gallons) : compass , capacity < the volume of a container > specifically : the number of cubes each with an edge one unit long that can be fitted exactly into a solid (as some rectangular parallelepipeds) when it can be fitted in such a manner or a number that is equally acceptable as a measure of the solid (as a sphere or cone) when it cannot be fitted in this manner 5. a. : amount , bulk , mass , quantity < as a composer he produced a considerable volume of church music — J.T.Howard > < the volume of employment rose — Oscar Handlin > < the flow of income to individuals was of record dollar volume — Milton Gilbert > < a large volume of unclassified technological data has been published — R.A.Tybout > < overwhelmed by the volume and violence of his dispatches — Pierre Frédérix > < a sales volume of … a million dollars on his books — Current Biography > < shelled clams are bought by the count or by volume — Marjorie M. Heseltine & Ula M. Dow > often : a considerable quantity < profits are made by selling volume at market price — Wall Street Journal > < chance that the snow will fall in volume, and soon — J.M.Vander Voort > < pouring forth a volume of amiable absurdities — Victoria Sackville-West > b. : the amount of a substance that occupies a particular volume < one volume of the material which has been collected is added to 9 volumes of normal saline — F.J.Hamilton > < water on electrolysis gives 2 volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen > c. : the number of vehicles or pedestrians that pass a given point during a specified period of time < the volume of traffic > d. (1) : a shaped or defined mass in a sculpture or an architectural structure (2) : the representation of mass or three-dimensional shape in a drawing or painting 6. a. : the degree of loudness or the intensity of a sound < by the last chorus the volume of sound was overwhelming — Agnes S. Turnbull > < a desire for ever greater volume overtook musicians and instrument-makers — Robert Donington > also : loudness < a singer who could look pathetic and who had volume — Jo Sullivan > b. : the magnitude of an audio frequency wave in an electric circuit 7. : a characteristic of auditory sensations such that high tones seem small and sharp while low tones appear to fill much space Synonyms: see size II. adjective : of, dealing with, or involving large quantities < volume production of airplanes > < volume sales of books > III. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) intransitive verb : to roll or rise in volume < her dress volumed — George Meredith > < a drift of pale, voluming smoke arose from the sawdust pile — J.G.Cozzens > < the blood cry went up and volumed in a discordant chorus — J.F.Dobie > transitive verb 1. : to collect or gather in or as if in a volume 2. : to send or give out in volume |
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