vo·lu·mi·nous
adjective/vəˈluːmɪnəs/
/vəˈluːmɪnəs/
(formal)- (of clothing) very large; having a lot of cloth
synonym ample肥大的;宽松的;用布料多的 - a voluminous skirt
肥大的裙子
- a voluminous skirt
- (of a piece of writing, a book, etc.) very long and detailed
浩繁的;大部头的;长篇的;冗长的 - There is voluminous literature on modernism and post-modernism.
关于现代主义和后现代主义的文献有大量。
- There is voluminous literature on modernism and post-modernism.
- (of a container, piece of furniture, etc.) very large
很大的 - I sank down into a voluminous armchair.
我一下子坐在了宽大的扶手椅里。 - From one of his voluminous pockets he produced a bottle of whisky.
他从一个大口袋里掏出一瓶威士忌。
- I sank down into a voluminous armchair.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: partly from late Latin voluminosus ‘having many coils’, partly from Latin volumen, volumin- ‘a roll’, from volvere ‘to roll’.