quantity的词语用法是：n.(名词)quantity的基本意思是“数量”,是正式用语。作与质量相对而言的“数量”解时是不可数名词,指事物的“量”或“总数量”时是可数名词。quantity强调大批计量,含有准确测量的意味。quantity的双解释义是n.(名词)[U]量,大小,重量 that which makes it possible to measure things through having number, size, weight, etc.[C][U]数目,数量 number or amount, especially a large one。quantity的意思是n.量；数量；大量。
一、双解释义点此查看quantity的详细内容
二、词典解释
1.数量;量
Aquantity is an amount that you can measure or count.
e.g. ...a smallquantity of water.
少量的水
e.g. ...vast quantities of food...
大量食品
2.大量;大宗；大批
Things that are produced or available inquantity are produced or available in large amounts.
e.g. After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced inquantity...
解决了最初的一些问题之后，终于成功地制造出了大量丙酮。
e.g. But even with those databases, the sheerquantity of data can still cause problems.
可是即便有了那些数据库，数据的数量之大仍然会带来问题。
3.(尤指和质量相对的)数量
You can usequantity to refer to the amount of something that there is, especially when you want to contrast it with its quality.
e.g. ...the less discerning drinker who prefersquantity to quality...
不求质、但求量的不那么识货的饮酒者
e.g. In terms ofquantity, production grew faster than ever before.
从数量上看，产量增长的速度比以往任何时期都要快。
4.未知量;未知数
If you say that someone or something is anunknown quantity, you mean that not much is known about what they are like or how they will behave.
e.g. He is an unknownquantity for his rivals.
对于对手们而言，他是个未知数。
三、例句
This company is more concerned with quality than with quantity.
这家公司对质量比对产量更重视。
He ate a small quantity of rice.
他吃了少量的米饭。
It was a bad year for films, in terms of both quantity and quality.
今年的电影无论从数量上还是质量上都说不上好。
In our work quality counts for as much as quantity.
在我们的工作中，质量跟数量同等重要。
The factory turns out a large quantity of paper products.
这家工厂生产大量的纸制品。
四、词汇搭配
五、经典引文
A certain quantity or measure of renown.
出自：S. JohnsonAt lunchtime he takes large quantities of illicit gin.
出自：A. DjoletoA pound of anchovies, and the same quantity of bay-salt.
出自：R. BrautiganThe quantity of data processing involved made it impossible to run the system.
出自：Studio News六、常见错误
误 Which do you think is more important, quantities or qualities?
正 Which do you think is more important, quantity or quality?
你如果大量采购东西,就能节省很多钱。误 You can save a lot if you buy thing in quantities.
正 You can save a lot if you buy thing in quantity.
析 quantity作“数量”解时是不可数名词。
船里有大量的鱼。误 There are a large quantity of fish in the boat.
正 There is a large quantity of fish in the boat.
印刷了大量的书。误 A large quantity of books was printed.
正 A large quantity of books were printed.
这个镇去年浪费了大量的水。误 Quantities of water was wasted in this town last year.
正 Quantities of water were wasted in this town last year.
就在圣诞节以前还有过许多购买东西的顾客。误 There was large quantities of shoppers just before Christmas.
正 There were large quantities of shoppers just before Christmas.
析 表示“大量”的有两种形式:a large quantity of和large quantities of。a quantity of接不可数名词时,谓语动词用单数形式,接可数名词复数时,谓语动词用复数形式; quantities of无论是修饰不可数名词,还是可数名词复数,谓语动词都要用复数形式。
quantity的相关近义词
amount、capacity、lot、measure、number、part、share、sum、total、weight
quantity的相关临近词
quantum、quantitative、quantity due、quantity set、quantity bill、quantity rate、quantity sale、quantity time、quantity unit、quantity sign、quantity list、quantity tool