voluminous
adjective /vəˈluːmɪnəs/
/vəˈluːmɪnəs/
(formal)- (of clothing
) very large; having a lot of cloth衣服 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文章、书等 浩繁的;大部头的;长篇的;冗长的 - There is voluminous literature on modernism and post-modernism.
有大量关于现代主义和后现代主义的文献。
- There is voluminous literature on modernism and post-modernism.
- (of a container, piece of furniture, etc.
) very large容器、家具等 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.
他从一个大口袋里拿出一瓶威士忌。
- I sank down into a voluminous armchair.
词源early 17th cent.: partly from late Latin voluminosus ‘having many coils’, partly from Latin volumen, volumin- ‘a roll’, from volvere ‘to roll’.