a mountain of debts/rubbish/money/dirty clothes 债台高筑/垃圾如山;家财万贯;一大堆脏衣服
a mass of images/facts/figures/data 大量的图像/事实/数据等
a rain/storm of tears/ashes/arrows/bullets 嚎啕大哭;尘土蒙蒙;一阵箭雨,一阵弹雨
a storm of applause/criticism/cheering 一阵暴雨般的掌声;激烈的批评;狂热的欢呼
a gale of laughter/excitement 阵阵欢笑;一阵激动
a flood of tears/words/1ight/terror 泪如潮涌;滔滔言辞;一片光明;一片恐惧
a store of learning/experience 知识渊博;经验丰富
a wealth of experience/data/troubles/good/goods 经验丰富;丰富数据;问题多多;大有好处;商品丰富
a surfeit of food/drug dosage过量的食品;过量的药品
a succession of defeat接二连三的挫败
a world of goods/food/pleasure/meaning/to do sb a world of good/harm
a forest of hills/flags/chimneys/hands
这些表量的手法也可用复数,像lots of,thousands of一样,如seas of,mountains of,stores of,swarms of,thunders of,showers of ,in showers,in stores,in numbers。
a(great)number of books 许多的书
numbers of peoples 许多的民族
a quantity of energy 大量的能量
quantities of oxidize 大量的氧化酶
an amount of material 大量的材料
small amount of water 少量的水
The amount of energy possessed by a given quantity of radiation depends strictly on its frequency.一定量的辐射所拥有的能量完全基于其频率。
the dimensions of the solar system 太阳系的范围
the dimensions of a building lot 一座建筑物的准确面积
the magnitude of this angle 这角度的大小
the value of the balloon 气球的体积
the value of this correction 修正值
the extent of a judge’s power/his knowledge 法官的权力范围/他的知识面
be…in length/width/height/diameter/perimeter/shape/size
be…in quantity/amount/great numbers/extent/dimension/value
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