volume

音量

音がどれくらい大きいか。

やさしい英語で： How loud a sound is.

• Please turn the volume down.
• The music was playing at full volume.
• Can you increase the volume on your phone?

類義語： loudness

よく使う表現： turn the volume, high volume, volume control

量

何かの量。特に大量のものについて使う。

やさしい英語で： The amount of something, especially when there is a lot of it.

• The volume of traffic is growing.
• Sales volumes fell last month.
• We cannot handle this volume of work.

使い方： volume of something (We receive a large volume of calls.)

類義語： amount, quantity

よく使う表現： volume of something, high volume, sales volume, production volume

体積、容積

物が占める空間の大きさ、または容器に入る量。

やさしい英語で： The amount of space something fills or a container can hold.

• Measure the volume of the water.
• The gas increased in volume as it warmed.
• These containers have different volumes.

使い方： volume of something (What is the volume of this tank?)

よく使う表現： volume of something, total volume, measure the volume, calculate the volume

巻

一冊の本。特に、何冊かで構成される書物の一冊。

やさしい英語で： One book, especially one that belongs to a set of books.

• The second volume is missing.
• His letters fill three volumes.
• Have you read the latest volume in the series?

使い方： volume of something (She bought a volume of poetry.)

類義語： book

よく使う表現： first volume, volume of something, two volume set