n.體積；容積；大塊；大部分；大批

adj.散裝的；大量的

vt.使膨脹；使成堆

vi.膨脹；顯得重要

It's not their weight that makes these sacks hard to carry, it's their bulk. 這些袋子難以搬運(yùn),倒不是因為重而是體積太大。

He heaved his huge bulk out of the chair. 他挺起巨大的身軀，從椅子上站了起來。

The bulk of the work has already been done. 大部分工作已經(jīng)完成。

The great bulk of necessary work can never be anything but painful. 大量必須做的工作真令人痛苦。

We can manage some bulk carrier within two week. 我們可在兩周內(nèi)安排一些散裝船去。

I recommend you a bulk buy. 我建議你大量購買。

A dozen petticoats bulked out her figure. 十幾條襯裙把她的身體撐得圓鼓鼓的。

The cake bulked up. 蛋糕發(fā)起來了。

The war still bulks large in the memories of those who fought in it. 對于那些曾參戰(zhàn)的人來說,那場戰(zhàn)爭仍記憶猶新。

bulk用作名詞的基本意思是“(大的)體積,容積”,用于人或有空間體積的有形物質(zhì),是不可數(shù)名詞,用于人或動物時可作“巨大的身軀”解。

bulk還可作“纖維性物質(zhì)”解。

the bulk of的意思是“大部分,主要部分”。接可數(shù)名詞時,謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式,接不可數(shù)名詞時,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。