词组 | volume |
释义 | volume AC /ˈvɒljuːm $ ˈvɑːljəm/ noun 1. the amount of sound produced by a television, radio etcadjectivesfull volume (=as loud as possible) She turned the TV right up to full volume.high volume The CD player gives excellent sound quality even at high volume.low volume Can we have the volume a little lower please?loud volume The volume of the music was very loud.verbs + volumeturn the volume up also increase the volume formal I turned up the volume on the microphone.turn the volume down also decrease the volume formal The neighbours asked her to turn down the volume, because they couldn’t sleep.prepositionsat high/low/full volume The stereo was playing at low volume.2. the total amount of somethingadjectiveshigh/large volume also considerable volume formal We are pleased with the high volume of sales. | There was a considerable volume of evidence against him.huge/enormous/great volume A huge volume of water poured down the main street.low volume The low volume of production makes the cars very expensive.the total volume The total volume of consumer spending has increased.the average volume What is the average volume of production per month?the sheer volume of sth (=used when saying that there is a surprisingly large amount of something) The sheer volume of information available on the internet is overwhelming.verbsproduce volumes of sth Factories used to produce huge volumes of smoke.increase/decrease the volume of sth Brazil and Argentina have increased the volume of trade between them. | The government wants to decrease the volume of goods imported into the country.phrasesthe volume of traffic Local people are worried about the high volume of traffic passing through the village.the volume of work They are unable to cope with the volume of work.THESAURUS: volume → amount3. a bookadjectives/nouns + volumea small/slim volume She published a slim volume of poetry.the first/second/final volume This is the final volume of the Harry Potter series.a companion volume (=a book that goes together with another one) ‘Dogs in the News’ is the companion volume to ‘Cats in the News’.a leather-bound volume (=one with leather covers) The book shelves are full of leather-bound volumes.prepositionsa volume of essays/poems/stories etc I’m reading a volume of essays by Montaigne.a volume on sb/sth He’s written a couple of volumes on the history of Sussex. |
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