bulk

英 [bʌlk]

美 [bʌlk]

n.  主体; 大部分; (大)体积; 大(量); 巨大的体重(或重量、形状、身体等)
v.  变得巨大（重要）; 胀大; 增大; 扩展; （重要性等）增加; 用眼力估计; 毛估（重量; 体积等）

过去式：bulked　现在分词：bulking　复数：bulks　第三人称单数：bulks　过去分词：bulked　

CET4CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM4TEM8BEC

Collins.2 / BNC.3369 / COCA.4660

同义词辨析

sizebulkdimensionvolume【导航词义：大小】

短语动词

短语用例

bulk sth↔out/up

• 使某物加大（或加厚、加重）
  to make sth bigger, thicker or heavier
  1. The bulk of the population lives in cities.
     大多数人口居住在城市里。

习惯用语

v.

bulk large
• 是…的最重要部分
  to be the most important part of sth

牛津词典

noun

• 主体；大部分
  the main part of sth; most of sth
  1. The bulk of the population lives in cities.
     大多数人口居住在城市里。
• （大）体积；大（量）
  the (large) size or quantity of sth
  1. Despite its bulk and weight, the car is extremely fast.
     尽管这辆车大而且重，速度却非常快。
  2. a bulk order (= one for a large number of similar items)
     一份大批量的订单
  3. bulk buying (= buying in large amounts, often at a reduced price)
     （常指以低价）大量购买
  4. It's cheaper to buy in bulk .
     大批购买便宜些。
• 巨大的体重（或重量、形状、身体等）
  the weight or shape of sb/sth large
  1. She heaved her bulk out of the chair.
     她挪动庞大的躯体，费力地从椅子里站起来。

verb

verb

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （大）体积；（大）量
  You can refer to something'sbulkwhen you want to emphasize that it is very large.
  1. The truck pulled out of the lot, its bulk unnerving against the dawn.
     卡车从空地上开出来，庞大的车身小心翼翼地避让着草坪。
  2. ...the shadowy bulk of an ancient barn.
     一座古老谷仓的巨大阴影
• N-SING 庞大的身躯；巨大的体重；肥硕的体形
  You can refer to a large person's body or to their weight or size as theirbulk.
  1. Bannol lowered his bulk carefully into the chair...
     班诺尔小心翼翼地将肥硕的身躯落座到椅子上。
  2. Despite his bulk he moved lightly on his feet.
     尽管他身形庞大，移动起来还是很灵巧。
• QUANT 主体；大部分
  Thebulk ofsomething is most of it.
  1. The bulk of the text is essentially a review of these original documents...
     文章的主要部分基本是对这些原始文件的回顾。
  2. The vast bulk of imports and exports are carried by sea.
     大部分的进出口货物都是通过海路运输的。
  3. Bulkis also a pronoun.
     
  4. They come from all over the world, though the bulk is from the Indian subcontinent.
     他们来自世界各地，但大多数还是来自印度次大陆。
• N-UNCOUNT 大宗，大批（买卖）
  If you buy or sell somethingin bulk, you buy or sell it in large quantities.
  1. Buying in bulk is more economical than shopping for small quantities.
     批量采购要比零买实惠很多。
  2. ...bulk purchasing.
     大宗采购

英英释义

noun

• the property possessed by a large mass
• the property of something that is great in magnitude
  1. it is cheaper to buy it in bulk
  2. he received a mass of correspondence
  3. the volume of exports
  Synonym:massvolume
• the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts
  1. the majority of his customers prefer it
  2. the bulk of the work is finished
  Synonym:majority

verb

• cause to bulge or swell outwards
  Synonym:bulge
• stick out or up
  1. The parcel bulked in the sack

双语例句

• The bulk of the population concentrates in the cities.
  大部分人口集中在城市里。
• The Teradata connector provides equivalent features via the update and stream drivers in the bulk mode option.
  Teradata连接器的批量模式中的更新和流驱动程序提供了与之等价的特性。
• There's a popular supposition that we're publicly funded but the bulk of our money comes from competitive contracts
  人们普遍认为我们是受公共基金的资助，然而我们大部分资金是通过签订竞争性合同得来的。
• She fought at the bulk that pinned her.
  她与压着她的大块头进行了搏斗。
• The elephant lowered its great bulk.
  大象蹲下了它那庞大的身躯。
• Great bulk does not always mean great weight.
  体积大并不总是意味着分量重。
• The baby needs more bulk in his diet.
  这个婴儿的饮食中需要添点儿纤维素。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.
  大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
• The truck pulled out of the lot, its bulk unnerving against the dawn.
  卡车从空地上开出来，庞大的车身小心翼翼地避让着草坪。
• Use extra vegetables to bulk up the omelette
  再加些蔬菜使煎蛋看上去量更大。