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Bulk N 体积 Proto Germanic Bʌlk N.体积;数量;大多数;大身躯 英 数量(Size

单词 bulk
音标 [bʌlk]
解释 n.体积;数量;大多数;大身躯
红宝书 【英】 n. 体积, 数量(size, quantity);
【例】 He heaved(举起) his huge bulk out of the chair .
字源 bulk (n.)
mid-15c., "a heap," earlier "ship's cargo" (mid-14c.), from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse bulki "a heap; ship's cargo," thus "goods loaded loose" (perhaps literally "rolled-up load"), from Proto-Germanic *bul-, from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).
Meaning extended by confusion with obsolete bouk "belly" (from Old English buc "body, belly," from Proto-Germanic *bukaz; see bucket), which led to sense of "size," first attested mid-15c.
bulk (v.)
"swell, become more massive," 1550s (usually with up), from bulk (n.). Related: Bulked; bulking.
不择手段背单词 n. 体积, 数量 = size = quantity; 大多数; 大块头(尤指人的身体)
【例】The bulk of the students voted 大多数同学投了票.
【记】读: 宝库. 既有体积, 又有数量.
趣味全助记 【记】音:包块,包括,指一大包,一大块

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