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 ream [ri:m]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 令, 大量

vt. 扩(孔), 榨取, 挖

[化] 令




    ream
    [ noun ]
    1. a large quantity of written matter

    2. <noun.quantity>
      he wrote reams and reams
    3. a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires

    4. <noun.quantity>
    [ verb ]
    1. squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer

    2. <verb.contact>
      ream oranges
    3. remove by making a hole or by boring

    4. <verb.change>
      the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment
    5. enlarge with a reamer

    6. <verb.change>
      ream a hole


    Ream \Ream\ (r[=e]m), n. [AS. re['a]m, akin to G. rahm.]
    Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]


    Ream \Ream\, v. i.
    To cream; to mantle. [Scot.]

    A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of
    the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. --Sir W.
    Scott.


    Ream \Ream\, v. t. [Cf. {Reim}.]
    To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or
    filaments.


    Ream \Ream\, n. [OE. reme, OF. rayme, F. rame (cf. Sp. resma),
    fr. Ar. rizma a bundle, especially of paper.]
    A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting
    of twenty quires or 480 sheets.

    {Printer's ream}, twenty-one and a half quires. [Eng.] A
    common practice is now to count five hundred sheets to the
    ream. --Knight.


    Ream \Ream\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reamed} (r[=e]md); p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Reaming}.] [Cf. G. r["a]umen to remove, to clear
    away, fr. raum room. See {Room}.]
    To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in
    modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a
    reamer.

    1. After Intergroup's acquisition, though, Mr. Bard left and Mr. Tauscher, the unit's chief executive, took on a ream of outside business interests.
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