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bulk

B0540300 (bŭlk)n.1. Size, mass, or volume, especially when very large.2. a. A distinct mass or portion of matter, especially a large one: the dark bulk of buildings against the sky.b. The body of a human, especially when large or muscular.3. The major portion or greater part: "The great bulk of necessary work can never be anything but painful" (Bertrand Russell).4. See fiber.5. Thickness of paper or cardboard in relation to weight.6. A ship's cargo.v. bulked, bulk·ing, bulks v.intr.1. To be or appear to be massive in terms of size, volume, or importance; loom: Safety considerations bulked large during development of the new spacecraft.2. To grow or increase in size or importance.3. To cohere or form a mass: Certain paper bulks well.v.tr.1. To cause to swell or expand.2. To cause to cohere or form a mass.adj. Being large in mass, quantity, or volume: a bulk buy; a bulk mailing.Phrasal Verb: bulk up To gain weight by gaining muscle: dietary supplements that helped the weightlifters bulk up.Idiom: in bulk1. Unpackaged; loose.2. In large numbers, amounts, or volume.

[Middle English, perhaps partly alteration of bouk, belly, trunk of the body (from Old English būc) and partly from Old Norse bulki, cargo, heap; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

bulk up

vb (adverb) to increase or cause to increase in size or importance

单词	bulk up
释义	bulk up bulk B0540300 (bŭlk)n.1. Size, mass, or volume, especially when very large.2. a. A distinct mass or portion of matter, especially a large one: the dark bulk of buildings against the sky.b. The body of a human, especially when large or muscular.3. The major portion or greater part: "The great bulk of necessary work can never be anything but painful" (Bertrand Russell).4. See fiber.5. Thickness of paper or cardboard in relation to weight.6. A ship's cargo.v. bulked, bulk·ing, bulks v.intr.1. To be or appear to be massive in terms of size, volume, or importance; loom: Safety considerations bulked large during development of the new spacecraft.2. To grow or increase in size or importance.3. To cohere or form a mass: Certain paper bulks well.v.tr.1. To cause to swell or expand.2. To cause to cohere or form a mass.adj. Being large in mass, quantity, or volume: a bulk buy; a bulk mailing.Phrasal Verb: *bulk up* To gain weight by gaining muscle: dietary supplements that helped the weightlifters bulk up.Idiom: *in bulk1. Unpackaged; loose.2. In large numbers, amounts, or volume. [Middle English, perhaps partly alteration of bouk, belly, trunk of the body* (from Old English būc) and partly from Old Norse bulki, cargo, heap; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.] bulk up vb (adverb) to increase or cause to increase in size or importance bulk up bulk up To boost in size or strength. Most of the wrestlers are bulking up for the weigh-in on Thursday. That country seems to be bulking up their military presence in the region.See also: bulk, up bulk up or bulk outv.1. To increase in size or weight: The weightlifters are exercising in order to bulk out.2. To cause someone or something to increase in size, weight, or degree: I hope all the food I'm eating doesn't bulk me out too much. All of the new employees have bulked out the company's payroll.See also: bulk, up EncyclopediaSeebulkLegalSeeBulk
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