n.体积；容积；大块；大部分；大批
adj.散装的；大量的
vt.使膨胀；使成堆
vi.膨胀；显得重要
It's not their weight that makes these sacks hard to carry, it's their bulk. 这些袋子难以搬运,倒不是因为重而是体积太大。
He heaved his huge bulk out of the chair. 他挺起巨大的身躯，从椅子上站了起来。
The bulk of the work has already been done. 大部分工作已经完成。
The great bulk of necessary work can never be anything but painful. 大量必须做的工作真令人痛苦。
用作形容词 (adj.)We can manage some bulk carrier within two week. 我们可在两周内安排一些散装船去。
I recommend you a bulk buy. 我建议你大量购买。
用作及物动词 (vt.)A dozen petticoats bulked out her figure. 十几条衬裙把她的身体撑得圆鼓鼓的。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)The cake bulked up. 蛋糕发起来了。
The war still bulks large in the memories of those who fought in it. 对于那些曾参战的人来说,那场战争仍记忆犹新。
bulk用作名词的基本意思是“(大的)体积,容积”,用于人或有空间体积的有形物质,是不可数名词,用于人或动物时可作“巨大的身躯”解。
bulk还可作“纤维性物质”解。
the bulk of的意思是“大部分,主要部分”。接可数名词时,谓语动词用复数形式,接不可数名词时,谓语动词用单数形式。
