volume

英 ['vɒljuːm] 美 ['vɑljum]

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解释

n. 量；体积；卷；音量；大量；册
adj. 大量的
vi. 成团卷起
vt. 把…收集成卷

※ 提供单词"volume"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

volume 体积，容积，卷，册

来自拉丁语volvere,旋转，来自PIE*wel,转，来自PIE*wei的扩大格，词源同wind,voluble。引申词义体积，容积，卷，册等。

英文词源

volume: volume: [14] Volume is one of a sizeable family of English words that go back to Latin volvere ‘roll, turn’. Others include convolution [16], convolvulus [16], devolution [16], evolution, involve [14], revolt, revolution, revolve, vault, volte-face [19], and voluble [16]. Volume itself comes via Old French volum from Latin volūmen, a derivative of volvere.

The sense ‘book’ evolved from the notion of a ‘roll’ of parchment. The word came to have connotations of a ‘big’ book, and this gave rise in the 16th century to the sense ‘size of a book’. By the 17th century this had broadened out to ‘size’ in general, but the modern sense ‘size of sound’ did not emerge until the early 19th century. Latin volvere itself came ultimately from the Indo- European base *wol-, *wel- ‘turn’, which also produced English wallow.
=> convolution, convolvulus, devolution, evolution, involve, revolt, revolution, revolve, vault, volte-face, voluble, wallow
volume (n.): late 14c., "roll of parchment containing writing; a bound book," from Old French volume "scroll, book; work, volume; girth, size" (13c.) and directly from Latin volumen (genitive voluminis) "roll (of a manuscript); coil, wreath," literally "that which is rolled," from volvere "to turn around, roll" (see volvox). Meaning "book forming part of a set" is 1520s in English, from that 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 word.

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例句和用法

1. The volume of scheduled flights is straining the air traffic control system.: 定期航班的数量正让空中交通指挥系统不堪重负。

2. He came to complain about the volume of the music.: 他过来抱怨音乐的音量太高了。

3. Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system.: 有人调大了公共广播系统的音量。

4. This volume of essays was designed to accompany an exhibition in Cologne.: 这本文集是为配合在科隆举办的一场展览而出的。

5. From his study came the sound of Mahler, playing at full volume.: 从他的书房里传出马勒的乐曲，音量开到了最大。