| 单词 | volume |
| 释义 | volume (vɒljuːm ) Word forms: volumes 1. countable noun [usually singular] B2 The volume of something is the amount of it that there is. Senior officials will be discussing how the volume of sales might be reduced. [+ of] ...the sheer volume of traffic and accidents. [+ of] 2. countable noun [usually singular] The volume of an object is the amount of space that it contains or occupies. They use PVA glue, mixed with the same volume of water. When egg whites are beaten they can rise to seven or eight times their original volume. 3. countable noun A volume is a book. [formal] ...a 125-page volume. 4. countable noun A volume is one book in a series of books. ...the first volume of his autobiography. [+ of] 5. countable noun A volume is a collection of several issues of a magazine, for example all the issues for one year. ...bound volumes of the magazine. [+ of] 6. uncountable noun B1+ The volume of a radio, television, or sound system is the loudness of the sound it produces. He turned down the volume. He came to complain about the volume of the music. [+ of] Synonyms: loudness, sound, amplification 7. to speak volumes phrase If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them. What you wear speaks volumes about you. [+ about] Their absence spoke volumes. Collocations: decline in volume The decline in volume over the years has largely been down to substitution. Times, Sunday Times In addition, private investment failed to respond to the governments initiatives, with a 12% decline in volume in 1981. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The company reported a decline in volumes in its electrical engineering divisions. ST Even if prices are falling, a decline in volumes means competing estate agents may overvalue to gain instructions. Times, Sunday Times The group said that every one per cent decline in volumes cost it 70million in revenues. The Sun It had been part of a device used to measure the volume of gravel produced. Times, Sunday Times Measure the volume and add the equal amount in sugar. ST Meteorologists have faced this problem for years in their attempt to measure the volume of clouds. Globe and Mail Cardiac ventriculography involves injecting contrast media into the heart's ventricle(s) to measure the volume of blood pumped. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some pumps actually measure the volume, and may even have configurable volumes, from 0.1 to 2 ml of air. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The party's economic programme seeks to 'reduce to a minimum the overall volume of international trade'. Times, Sunday Times These theories ignored the fact that new routes tend not to redistribute traffic into even flows, but rather increase the overall volume. The Times Literary Supplement I think it has given them more confidence to look again at the overall volume. Times, Sunday Times However, the expert group suggested that the most effective strategy for these pollutions would be to cut the overall volume of traffic and lower speed limits where traffic flows freely. Times, Sunday Times Over this period, the overall volume of fossil-fuel consumption has increased dramatically, but with an encouraging environmental trend: a diminishing amount of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of energy produced. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 卷册, 量 Japanese: 容積, 量 |
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