voluminous

英 [və'ljuːmɪnəs] 美 [və'lʊmənəs]
  • adj. 大量的;多卷的,长篇的;著书多的

英文词源


voluminous (adj.)
1610s, "forming a large mass," also "full of turnings and windings," from Late Latin voluminosus, from Latin volumen (genitive voluminis) "volume" (see volume). Related: Voluminously; voluminousness.

双语例句


1. The FBI kept a voluminous file on Pablo Picasso.
联邦调查局保存了有关巴勃罗·毕加索的大量档案。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I sank down into a voluminous armchair.
我一下子坐在了宽大的扶手椅里。

来自《权威词典》

3. She tucked up her voluminous skirts to make room for Jane beside her.
她掖起膨松的裙边给旁边的简腾出地方.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Iron and aluminum compounds precipitate as a voluminous sludge.
铁和铝的化合物成为一种体积庞大的蓬松的游渣沉淀下来.

来自辞典例句

5. The importance of the subject is suggested by a voluminous literature.
很多文献提到了这个问题的重要性.

来自辞典例句

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