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bulk/bʌlk/ n. & v.●n. 1 (usu. prec. by 通常前接 the and foll. by 后跟 of; the verb agrees with the complement 动词与补语一致) the greater part or number 大部分；大多数 the bulk of the applicants are women 申请者中大多数是妇女; the bulk of the book is boring 这本书里一大半都很枯燥 2a size, magnitude, or volume (esp. large) (尤指巨大的)体积；数量；容量 its bulk is enormous 其体积巨大 b a large mass or shape 巨大的物体；庞然大物 c great quantity or volume 大量；容量巨大 often 常作 attrib.: a bulk supplier 大批发商 3 a bodily frame of large proportions (肥硕的)身躯，大块头 jacket barely covered his bulk 夹克衫勉强罩住他那肥胖的身躯 4 roughage in food 食物中的粗纤维物质 5 Naut. a ship's cargo, esp. unpackaged 【海】(尤指散装的)一船货物 ●v. 1 intr. seem in respect of size or importance 显得巨大(重要) bulks large in his reckoning 在他的计算中显得尤为重要 2 tr. make (a book, a textile yarn, etc.) seem thicker by suitable treatment 使(书、纺线等)显厚；加厚 bulked it with irrelevant stories 用一些无关的故事拉长了书的篇幅 3 tr. combine (consignments etc.) 合并交运(发送物等) □ break bulk begin unloading cargo 开始缷货 □ in bulk 1 in large quantities, usu. at a lower price (通常以低价位)大批量 2 (of a cargo) loose, not packaged (货物)散装 [sense ‘cargo’ from Old Norse búlki; sense ‘mass’ etc. perhaps alteration of obsolete bouk (see BUCK5)] |