Bulk

(noun.) the property possessed by a large mass.

(noun.) the property of something that is great in magnitude; 'it is cheaper to buy it in bulk'; 'he received a mass of correspondence'; 'the volume of exports'.

(verb.) stick out or up; 'The parcel bulked in the sack'.

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• And the bulk of your fortune would be laid out in annuities on the authors or their heirs. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• They supplied me as fast as they could, showing a thousand marks of wonder and astonishment at my bulk and appetite. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• This moment was one of intense interest, the huge bulk gliding as gently and easily forward as if she had been but a small boat. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Supposing him wrapped up as those two passengers were, is there anything in his bulk and stature to render it unlikely that he was one of them? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The small-arms of the enemy were far superior to the bulk of ours. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We could thus take care of a snow-storm by diminishing the bulk of material to be handled. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Those duties, when applied to such purposes, are most properly imposed according to the bulk or weight of the goods. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Looking across it in the darkness, lighter here in the open from the starlight, he saw the dark bulks of the picketed horses. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He finds that all unite in equal bulks, or two bulks of one to one of another, or three bulks of one to one of another. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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