英 ['kw?nt?t?] 美 ['kwɑnt?ti]
n. 量，數量；大量；總量
[ 復數 quantities ]
詞組短語：
quantity of數量；流量
large quantity大量；大數量
quality and quantity質量和數量
英文解釋及例句：
1.
N-VAR A quantity is an amount. 數量
例：
...a small quantity of water.
…少量的水。
2.
N-UNCOUNT Things that are produced or available in quantity are produced or available in large amounts. 大量
例：
After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced in quantity.
解決了最初的壹些問題後，成功地生產出了大量丙酮。
3.
N-UNCOUNT You can use quantity to refer to the amount of something that there is, especially when you want to contrast it with its quality. (尤指相對於質量而言的) 數量
例：
...the less discerning drinker who prefers quantity to quality.
…重量不重質、識別力較差的飲酒者。
4.
PHRASE If you say that someone or something is an unknown quantity, you mean that not much is known about what they are like or how they will behave. 未知量; 未知數
例：
She had known Max for some years now, but he was still pretty much an unknown quantity.
她現在認識馬克斯也好幾年了，但是他仍然是個大大的未知數。