| 词汇 | bulk |
| 释义 | bulkWord family noun bulk bulkinessbulkeradjective bulky adverbbulkily bulk1 /bʌlk/ ●○○ AWL noun 1 the bulk (of something) MAINMOSTthe main or largest part of something （某物的）主要部分，大半 The bulk of consumers are based in towns. 大多数消费者都是城镇居民。 Examples from the Corpus the bulk (of something)• The bulk of the book is about his experiences in Vietnam.• Because of the substantial practical advantages, the bulk of this chapter will be devoted to covert sensitization.• Note how the knees are still flexed and the bulk of the body weight has moved to the right.• That would leave the bulk of the bag free for the plutonium 239 and the firing mechanism John had described.• Petrus Partners, a venture capital firm, provided the bulk of the financing.• He would accept 20% of these offerings insisting that the bulk he kept for children and dependents.• They live only in warm parts of the world, the bulk of them in the tropics. 2 [countableC usually singular]BIG a big mass or shape of something 巨大的一团；巨大的形状 the great bulk of a building ► see thesaurus at size 建筑物的巨大形状 3 [uncountableU]SIZE the size of something or someone 体积；尺寸；块头 The dough will rise until it is double in bulk. 面团会发酵到原来的两倍大。 4. in bulk BUYif you buy goods in bulk, you buy large amounts each time you buy them 〔购买商品〕大批地，大宗地 Examples from the Corpus bulk• The great bulk of the evidence from the town, however, concerns pottery production and iron-working.• He saw the pond they called the lake and the grey bulk of the Mithraeum on the farther shore.• Let the dough rise until it is double in bulk.• For its bulk, the whale is a graceful swimmer.• But the bulk of the chemical run-off binds to particulates and is concentrated rather than dispersed evenly through the water column.• Undergraduate majors form the bulk of most economic professors' workloads.• The participating banks collectively provide the bulk of the funds.• The bulk of the mound towered over Mungo, intimidating him. bulk2 adjectiveadj 1. bulk buying/orders etc BUYthe buying etc of goods in large quantities at one time 大批量购买/订购等 Examples from the Corpus bulk buying/orders etc• One reason: Cellular services that buy phones from Motorola have demanded ever-lower prices for their bulk orders.• This is available from us free of charge in bulk orders and I hope you will consider taking some for distribution.• He and other outlets routinely open bulk orders of booster packs, then sell individual rare cards over the counter.• In the 1980s you can not survive in a small business unless you are part of a bulk buying organization.• It might also be worthwhile buying packs of d.i.l. integrated circuit holders, or bulk buying the smaller types.• Also, with bulk buying you save a lot of time by not having to order each resistor and capacitor individually. 2 [only before noun]BUY bulk goods are sold or moved in large quantities 〔货物〕大批的，大量的 bulk flour for commercial bakeries 向商业面包店供应的大批量面粉 3. bulk mail TCMif you send something bulk mail, you send large amounts of it for a smaller cost than normal 大宗邮件 Examples from the Corpus bulk mail• Spammers regularly extract all the email addresses from Usenet to add to their bulk mail databases. Examples from the Corpus bulk• We sell bulk coffee to restaurants. bulk3 verb 1.bulk large IMPORTANTto be the main or most important part of something 是…的主要[最重要]部分 2 bulk something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v BIGto make something bigger or thicker by adding something else 使膨胀；使更大[更厚] We can bulk out the report with lots of diagrams. 我们可以加进许多图表，使报告的内容更充实。 Examples from the Corpus bulk out• Cesar sat beside him, his bulk filling out his expensive, flashy gangster's suit. 3.bulk up phrasal verbphr v BIGto increase the amount of muscle you have 增加肌肉，使肌肉发达 Examples from the Corpus bulk• Each day bulked, a wrong guess, a thing Ralph had failed to take into account.• These had always bulked large in the history of diplomacy.• As for Hellinck and Lupi, their work is a chaos of dubious attributions but motets bulk largely in it.• Use pads of acid-free tissue paper to bulk out shoes. From Longman Business Dictionary bulkbulk /bʌlk/ noun 1the bulk of something the main or largest part of something The change in the tax system will affect the bulk of the population. The bulk of the meetings would be held in Washington. 2COMMERCEif you buy, sell, or make something in bulk, you buy, sell, or make large amounts of it Small traders are unable to compete with larger companies which buy and sell in bulk. a bulk shipment of medical supplies 3in bulk stored loose, not packed in containers the first grain warehouse at the docks for the storage of grain in bulk (1400-1500) Old Norse bulki “goods carried on a ship” |
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