(1)一本书(book)[C](fml)：The girl carried (took) a slim/small～of poetry under her arm (from her side pocket). 那女孩腋下夹着(从侧面口袋掏出)一小本诗集。This library contains over a million～s. 这家图书馆藏书超过百万册。edit a～of Irish Fairy Tales for children 为儿童编辑一本爱尔兰神话故事集;The～is without literary value. 这本书没有文学价值。〖同〗book;

(2)(一套书中)一卷(册)(one book of a related set or series)[C]：We have a set of Dickens' works in 24～s.我们有一套24卷的狄更斯作品集。 The encyclopedia is in 20～s.那套百科全书有20卷。I've lost V～IV. 我丢失了第四卷。the 1970～of the magazine 该杂志的1970年卷;the 1970～of the Notes of the Scientific Association 1970年科学学会论文集锦;〖同〗book;

(3)容量(积)，体积(amount of space occupied by sth， expressed in a cubic measurement)[U， C][N(of)]：(bottles/jars)hold different～s of liquid(瓶/坛)容纳不同容量的液体;estimate the～of water needed to fill the pool估算注满池塘所需用水的容量;What is the～of the petrol tank/the container? 那油箱/容器的容积是多少?What is the～of a block 2cm×3cm×4cm? 长宽高分别为2、3、4厘米的木块体积是多少?πr²h is the～of a cylinder. πr²h是圆柱体的体积。Heating the copper bar will result in an increase in～. 铜条加热会导致体积增加。〖同〗capacity;measure，bulk，extent，vastness;

(4)(分)量，额(amount;total)[U， C]：The～of trade/sale/business is falling off (de-clining). 贸易/销售/生意额正在下降/下跌。(～of sth) rise/fall(……的量)增加/减少;the～of passenger traveling on the railways on holiday 节日铁路乘客流量;The post office handles a tremendous～of mail. 邮局要处理大量邮件。A large～of work remains to be done. 还要做大量的工作。〖同〗quantity，mass，amount，heap，abundance;

(5)大量，许多(mass or quantity，esp a large one)[C， 通常pl]：～s of work 许多工作;A～(V～s) of smoke rose from the burning house/poured from the factory chimney. 滚滚浓烟从着火的房子升起/工厂的烟囱喷涌出来。speak～s (for) 充分说明(有力证明);She said nothing but her face spoke～s. 她一言未发，但她的脸色很说明问题。The nice present she gave you spoke～s for what she thinks of you. 她给你的漂亮礼物充分证明了她对你的好感。His conduct speaks～s for his training/kindness of heart. 他的处理方式有力地说明他受过训练/心地善良。

(6)音量(degree of sound intensity;loudness)[U]：(radio) have a～control(无线电)有音量控制;Turn up/down the～on the TV. 把电视音量调高/低。He has a voice that lacks～. 他的嗓子不怎么响亮。He listens to music with the radio turned on at full～. 他把收音机放到最大音响听音乐。The dancing music doubled in～. 舞蹈音乐的音量增加了一倍。〖同〗loudness，sound;

→vo′luminous adj 长篇的;体积大的;vo′luminously adv 长篇地