◙ noun 1. 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 2. [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 3. [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】
1. 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