ream

英 [riːm] 美 [riːm]

• n. 令；大量的纸；许多(文字)
• v. 扩展；扩大；榨出（汁）

英英释义

Noun:

1. a large quantity of written matter;

   "he wrote reams and reams"
   

2. a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires

Verb:

1. squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer;

   "ream oranges"
   

2. remove by making a hole or by boring;

   "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"
   

3. enlarge with a reamer;

   "ream a hole"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Steeped in new moods and ideas, I bought a ream of paper and tried to write.
   沉湎在新的心境与想法里，我买了一令纸试图写作。
2. He writes reams of verse.
   他写很多的诗。

经典引文

• Rilke sent her reams about his sufferings.

  出自： J. F. Hendry

• Cutting tools which reamed out the grooves in gun barrels.

  出自： F. Smyth

词汇搭配

• ream grab 抓泥机
• finish ream 光铰
• reverse taper ream 倒锥形铰孔,倒锥形钻...
• ream out 铰大
• printer's ream 印刷者纸令

近反义词

【近义词】

• quantity 量
• amount 数量
• pack 一群
• pile 堆