| 单词 | bulk |
| 释义 | Word family noun bulk adjective bulky bulk1 /bʌlk/ ●○○ AWL noun 1 the bulk (of something) MAINMOSTthe main or largest part of something （某物的）主要部分，大半 The bulk of consumers are based in towns. 大多数消费者都是城镇居民。2 [countable usually singular]BIG a big mass or shape of something 巨大的一团；巨大的形状 the great bulk of a building 建筑物的巨大形状► see thesaurus at size3 [uncountable]SIZE the size of something or someone 体积；尺寸；块头 The dough will rise until it is double in bulk. 面团会发酵到原来的两倍大。4. in bulk BUYif you buy goods in bulk, you buy large amounts each time you buy them 〔购买商品〕大批地，大宗地Examples from the Corpusbulk• The great bulk of the evidence from the town, however, concerns pottery production and iron-working.• He saw the pond they called the lake and the grey bulk of the Mithraeum on the farther shore.• Let the dough rise until it is double in bulk.• For its bulk, the whale is a graceful swimmer.• But the bulk of the chemical run-off binds to particulates and is concentrated rather than dispersed evenly through the water column.• Undergraduate majors form the bulk of most economic professors' workloads.• The participating banks collectively provide the bulk of the funds.• The bulk of the mound towered over Mungo, intimidating him.bulk2 adjective 1. bulk buying/orders etc BUYthe buying etc of goods in large quantities at one time 大批量购买/订购等2 [only before noun]BUY bulk goods are sold or moved in large quantities 〔货物〕大批的，大量的 bulk flour for commercial bakeries 向商业面包店供应的大批量面粉3. bulk mail TCMif you send something bulk mail, you send large amounts of it for a smaller cost than normal 大宗邮件Examples from the Corpusbulk• We sell bulk coffee to restaurants.bulk3 verb 1.bulk large IMPORTANTto be the main or most important part of something 是…的主要[最重要]部分2 bulk something ↔ out phrasal verb BIGto make something bigger or thicker by adding something else 使膨胀；使更大[更厚] We can bulk out the report with lots of diagrams. 我们可以加进许多图表，使报告的内容更充实。3.bulk up phrasal verb BIGto increase the amount of muscle you have 增加肌肉，使肌肉发达→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbulk• Each day bulked, a wrong guess, a thing Ralph had failed to take into account.• These had always bulked large in the history of diplomacy.• As for Hellinck and Lupi, their work is a chaos of dubious attributions but motets bulk largely in it.• Use pads of acid-free tissue paper to bulk out shoes.From Longman Business Dictionarybulkbulk /bʌlk/ noun1the bulk of something the main or largest part of somethingThe change in the tax system will affect the bulk of the population.The bulk of the meetings would be held in Washington.2COMMERCEif you buy, sell, or make something in bulk, you buy, sell, or make large amounts of itSmall traders are unable to compete with larger companies which buy and sell in bulk.a bulk shipment of medical supplies3in bulk stored loose, not packed in containersthe first grain warehouse at the docks for the storage of grain in bulkOrigin bulk1 (1400-1500) Old Norse bulki “goods carried on a ship”bulk1 nounbulk2 adjectivebulk3 verbChinese or largest main Business Corpus something part of the |
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