Quantity
['kwɒntɪtɪ] or ['kwɑntəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an adequate or large amount; 'he had a quantity of ammunition'.
(noun.) the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable.
整理:泰丝--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.
(n.) The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size.
(n.) The extent or extension of a general conception, that is, the number of species or individuals to which it may be applied; also, its content or comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent qualities, attributes, or relations.
(n.) The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable.
(n.) The relative duration of a tone.
(n.) That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.
(n.) A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities.
手打:维罗妮卡
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Amount, aggregate, sum.[2]. Part, portion, share.[3]. Length, duration.
埃米尔校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Measure, amount, bulk, size, sum, portion, aggregate, muchness, part, share,division
ANT:Margin, deficiency, deduction, want, inadequacy, scantiness, insufficiency,loss, deterioration, diminution, waste, wear, leakage
伊妮德編輯
解釋/意思:
n. the amount of anything: bulk: size: a determinate amount: a sum or bulk: a large portion: (logic) the extent of a conception: (gram.) the measure of a syllable: (mus.) the relative duration of a tone: (math.) anything which can be increased divided or measured: (Shak.) a small part: (Shak.) proportion.—adj. Quan′titātive relating to quantity: measurable in quantity: (chem.) determining the relative proportions of components.—advs. Quan′titātively Quan′titively.—ns. Quan′titātiveness; Quantiv′alence (chem.) the combining power of an atom as compared with that of the hydrogen atom valence.—adj. Quantiv′alent.—Quantitative logic the doctrine of probability.—Constant quantity (math.) a quantity that remains the same while others vary.
埃塞尔手打
例句/造句/用法:
- In each bladder was a small quantity of dried peas, or little pebbles, as I was afterwards informed. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- How a living animal obtains its quantity of this fluid, called fire, is a curious question. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- If this quantity of water plunges over a 10-ft. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Thus, while the force was reduced nearly one-half, the quantity of product was more than doubled. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Many varieties of coal produce a quantity of fine dust which settles in the roadways, on roof, and sides, and floor. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Quantity of Water Furnished by a River. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Two-fifths part of dextrine (or the same quantity of gelatine) may be substituted for the 2 parts of starch. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- To send abroad any great quantity of it, therefore, would be to send abroad a part of the necessary subsistence of the people. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Barbara went out: she returned soon-- Madam, Mrs. Harden says she has sent up the usual quantity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I saw by his tilting of the bottle that there was no great quantity left in it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Thus the quantity of good clinker obtainable was unfavorably affected. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- William Larkins let me keep a larger quantity than usual this year. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The owner of bank money cannot draw out bullion, without producing to the bank receipts for the quantity which he wants. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Explosions have occurred, however, in cases where it is extremely doubtful whether gas has been present in dangerous quantity, and attention has been drawn to the possible causes. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It is a cheap source of illumination, but is found in relatively few localities and only in limited quantity. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- A siren worked by explosion of small quantities of oxygen and hydrogen mixed. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Generally speaking, meats are the most expensive foods we can purchase, and hence should be bought seldom and in small quantities. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The steam-shovel did not discriminate, but picked up handily single pieces weighing five or six tons and loaded them on the skips with quantities of smaller lumps. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The cap suggested the necessity and invention of machines for making them quickly and in great quantities. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- They had reduced the force of earlier times by making larger quantities by better processes. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- This soon resulted in sending great quantities of rubber overshoes to Europe and America. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Gold has been found in smaller or larger quantities in nearly all parts of the world. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It yields quantities of asphaltum; fragments of it lie all about its banks; this stuff gives the place something of an unpleasant smell. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- This dissolves in water, but when boiled in large quantities of the same it is decomposed into glycerine and boracic acid. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- They will do this, I say, more nearly than equal quantities of almost any other commodity; for even equal quantities of corn will not do it exactly. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Honey, glycerine, and mucilage acacia equal quantities of each sufficient to make into a paste of the desired consistence. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The same kind of gas may also be obtained in smaller quantities by the distillation of tar, rosin, or pitch. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Gold had been retained only for international trade, and every government had produced excessive quantities of paper money for domestic use. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The latter was a feeble child, and it was only by prodigious quantities of calomel that Lady Southdown was able to keep him in life at all. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Large quantities of the cheaper class of watches are now made by machinery in the United States, Switzerland, France, Germany and England. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
編輯:诺拉