volume

volume
noun

a book forming part of a work or series
卷，册
■a single book or a bound collection of printed sheets
书；书册
■a consecutive sequence of issues of a periodical
（期刊）合订本
■(historical)a scroll of parchment or papyrus containing written matter
(史)（写在羊皮纸或纸草纸上的）书卷
[mass noun]the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container, especially when great
（尤指大的）体积；容积，容量
the sewer could not cope with the volume of rainwater.
下水道无法对付大量雨水。
[count noun]a volume of air.
气的体积。
■the amount or quantity of something, especially when great
（尤指大的）分量，量；额
changes in the volume of consumer spending.
消费支出量的变化。
■(a volume of/volumes of)a certain, typically large amount of something
（尤指数量大的）量
the volumes of data handled are vast.
数据处理量很大。
■fullness or expansive thickness of something, especially of a person's hair
（尤指头发的）厚；多，浓密
[mass noun]quantity or power of sound; degree of loudness
音量
he turned the volume up on the radio.
他调高了收音机音量。

派生
volumed
adjective
语源

late Middle English (originally denoting a roll of parchment containing written matter): from Old French volum(e), from Latin volumen 'a roll', from volvere 'to roll'. An obsolete meaning 'size or extent (of a book') gave rise to sense 2

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