N-COUNT 量;数额 The volume of something is the amount of it that there is.
Senior officials will be discussing how the volume of sales might be reduced. 高层领导将要讨论销售量如何削减。
...the sheer volume of traffic and accidents. 交通流量之大、事故之多
N-COUNT 体积;容积;容量 The volume of an object is the amount of space that it contains or occupies.
It is 2,300 metres above sea level, so a given volume of air contains only about one-third as much oxygen as it would at sea level... 这是在海拔2,300米的高空,因此一定体积空气的含氧量只有海平面处的约1/3。
When egg whites are beaten they can rise to seven or eight times their original volume. 蛋清打散后,体积可增至原来的七八倍。
N-COUNT 书;书籍 A volume is a book.
...a 125-page volume. 一本125页的书
N-COUNT (书籍的)卷,册 A volume is one book in a series of books.
...the first volume of his autobiography. 他自传的第一卷
N-COUNT (杂志的)合集,合订本 A volume is a collection of several issues of a magazine, for example all the issues for one year.
...bound volumes of the magazine. 杂志的合订本
N-UNCOUNT (广播、电视或音响系统的)音量,声量,响度 The volume of a radio, television, or sound system is the loudness of the sound it produces.
He turned down the volume... 他调低了音量。
He came to complain about the volume of the music. 他过来抱怨音乐的音量太高了。
PHRASE 清楚表明;详尽说明;充分说明 If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
What you wear speaks volumes about you... 你的衣着能传递很多关于你的信息。