voluminous
形容词 adj.
英 /vəˈl(j)uː.mɪ.nəs/
美 /vəˈlu.mə.nəs/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
- Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
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Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
— I remember that the Baroness was clad in a voluminous silk dress, pale grey in colour, and adorned with flounces and a crinoline and train.
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Of great volume, or bulk; large.
— Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work […]
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Having written much, or produced many volumes.
— a voluminous writer
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From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volvō (“roll, turn about”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.
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