volume

1. N-COUNT The volume of something is the amount of it that there is. 量

Senior officials will be discussing how the volume of sales might be reduced. 高级官员们将讨论如何才能减少销售量。

2. N-COUNT The volume of an object is the amount of space that it contains or occupies. 容积

When egg whites are beaten they can rise to seven or eight times their original volume. 打过的蛋清，体积可以涨到原来的七八倍。

3. N-COUNT A volume is one book in a series of books. (书籍的) 卷

...the first volume of his autobiography. …他自传的第一卷。

4. N-COUNT A volume is a collection of several issues of a magazine, for example, all the issues for one year. 合订本

...bound volumes of the magazine. …杂志的合订本。

5. N-UNCOUNT Thevolume of a radio, television, or sound system is the loudness of the sound it produces. (收音机、电视机或音响系统的) 音量

He turned down the volume. 他调低了音量。

6. PHRASE If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them. 充分表明

What you wear speaks volumes about you. 你的穿戴能充分表明你的方方面面。