bulk

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 bŭlk

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Size, specifically, volume. countable,uncountable
    — The Quantity of Matter is the measure of the same, arising from its density and bulk conjunctly.
  2. Any huge body or structure. countable,uncountable
    — The obese woman couldn't ease her bulk through the narrow passageway.
  3. The major part of something. countable,uncountable
    — In the case of such a contract, there must be an implied condition that the bulk shall correspond with the sample in quality
  4. The major part of something.; Majority, balance. countable,uncountable
    — The bulk of my income comes from my office job, but I also teach a couple of evening classes.
  5. The major part of something.; Gist. countable,uncountable
    — I understood the bulk of what you were saying, just one of two points I need to hear again.
  6. Dietary fibre. countable,uncountable
  7. Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore, or grain. uncountable
  8. A cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo. countable
  9. Excess body mass, especially muscle. countable,uncountable
  10. A period where one tries to gain muscle. countable,uncountable
  11. A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist. countable,uncountable
  12. The body. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — ...haunted the chocolate-houses, beat the watch, lay on bulks, and got claps;
动词 v.
  1. To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent. intransitive
    — The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment.
  2. To grow in size; to swell or expand. intransitive
  3. To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc. intransitive
  4. To put or hold in bulk. transitive
  5. To add bulk to; to bulk out. obsolete,transitive
    — Some of the towne dwellers haue ſo large an opinion of their ſetled prouiſion, that if all her Maieſties fleet at once ſhould put into their bay, within twelue dayes warning with ſo much double beere, beefe, fiſh and bisket they would bulke them as they could wallow away with.
形容词 adj.
  1. Being large in size, mass, or volume (of goods, etc.). not-comparable
  2. Total. not-comparable
    — Bulk fermentation

词形变化

bulks plural bulks present,singular,third-person bulking participle,present bulked participle,past bulked past

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
bulker bulkhead bulk out bulk up bulky in bulk

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bulk, bolke (“a heap, cargo, hold; heap; bulge”), borrowed from Old Norse búlki (“the freight or the cargo of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *bulkô (“beam, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Compare Icelandic búlkast (“to be bulky”), Swedish dialectal bulk (“a bunch”), Danish bulk (“bump, knob”).
Conflated with Middle English bouk (“belly, trunk”).
词源 2
From Middle English bulk, bolke (“a heap, cargo, hold; heap; bulge”), borrowed from Old Norse búlki (“the freight or the cargo of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *bulkô (“beam, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Compare Icelandic búlkast (“to be bulky”), Swedish dialectal bulk (“a bunch”), Danish bulk (“bump, knob”).
Conflated with Middle English bouk (“belly, trunk”).
词源 3
From Middle English bulk, bolke (“a heap, cargo, hold; heap; bulge”), borrowed from Old Norse búlki (“the freight or the cargo of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *bulkô (“beam, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Compare Icelandic búlkast (“to be bulky”), Swedish dialectal bulk (“a bunch”), Danish bulk (“bump, knob”).
Conflated with Middle English bouk (“belly, trunk”).
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