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 voluminous [vә'lju:minәs]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 卷数多的, 大部头的, 著书多的, 长篇的, 庞大的, 很多的, 盘绕的



    voluminous
    [ adj ]
    1. large in volume or bulk

      2. <adj.all>
      a voluminous skirt
    2. marked by repeated turns and bends

      3. <adj.all>
      a tortuous road up the mountain
      winding roads are full of surprises
      had to steer the car down a twisty track
    3. large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)

      4. <adj.all>
      she took copious notes
      a subject of voluminous legislation


    Voluminous \Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F.
    volumineux.]
    Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically:
    (a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.

    But ended foul in many a scaly fold,
    Voluminous and vast. --Milton.

    Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and
    voluminous curtains have long since fallen. --De
    Quincey.
    (b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. --B. Jonson.
    (c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections
    of Muratori are voluminous.
    (d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious;
    diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
    ※ -- {Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly}, adv. --
    {Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness}, n.

    1. But columnists in California, Florida and Washington all say that since they started their columns this year, the campaign machines have been providing voluminous documentation for their commercials, along with the usual press releases.
    2. After reading the voluminous file of the proceedings and going over the boxes of exhibits, Kellam will issue a decision.
    3. He stayed a month to observe, and it is from the voluminous, euphemistic letters he sent Stieglitz that Ms. Eisler concludes the women were lovers.
    4. A reading of Judge Bork's voluminous cvil rights record leaves the inescapable conclusion that the partisan campaign against him was one of intentional distortion.
    5. Mr. Wardrop agrees that any blunders in trying to make sense of the voluminous data to be disclosed would discredit the whole effort.
    6. An array of high-powered Republicans, personal friends and business associates lobbied the Reagan administration's housing secretary, Samuel Pierce, for assistance on their pet federal projects, according to voluminous files made available yesterday.
    7. In a medical emergency when minutes can mean the difference between life and death, voluminous details are unnecessary.
    8. While the letters themselves are unremarkable, Mr. Mitchell's voluminous footnotes offer a fascinating commentary that after awhile takes on a life of its own.
    9. Van Gogh also was a voluminous letter writer.
    10. To reinforce that argument, the company last week sent voluminous studies refuting the JAMA articles to reporters at 100 newspapers who covered the original flap.
    11. The TEA program was established by a voluminous 1985 law that put into place all of the nation's current major agricultural programs.
    12. Mr. Whitford drew on voluminous news media coverage of the SMU scandal, and on a university internal investigation.
    13. Now, a more detailed analysis of the voluminous data gathered over about five years in that research suggests that the benefits of aspirin are most noticeable in older men, who are also at highest risk of heart trouble.
    14. Armed with a lawyer's voluminous brief case and a flipchart kit in black plastic, he made for the kitchen table, returning from time to time to his car boot for more ammunition.
    15. Promotion meant putting out a voluminous catalog with "retail" and "wholesale" prices and waiting for customers to come into the no-frills showrooms with their orders.
    16. Finally, some environmental groups maximize their private rewards by bringing scores of actions not over substantive environmental violations but for non-compliance with the act's voluminous paperwork requirements.
    17. In TV debates, he tells the audience that his plan would replace voluminous tax returns with a postcard-sized form that children could complete.
    18. Manuals are voluminous but rarely useful: 'There are so many of them, they must be comprehensive.
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