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Voluble Describes Talks Word Vɑːljəbl Adj.口若悬河 Explanations Failure

Front voluble
Pron ['vɑːljəbl]
Back 【voluble】
adj.口若悬河
Her explanations for failure to do the work were voluble but not easily believed.
她对工作失败的解释口若悬河,但不易为人相信。
Vocab
volublemarked by a ready flow of speech

Voluble describes someone who talks a lot, like your aunt who can’t stop telling you to cut your hair or a political candidate who makes twenty speeches on the day before the election.

Have you ever found it especially hard to interrupt someone who talks a lot when he or she gets on a roll? If so, it won’t surprise you that the adjective voluble traces back to the Latin word volvere, meaning “to roll.” The word voluble describes talking continuously, fluently, at great length, in a steady flow. You’ll know it when you meet voluble talkers: they just keep rolling on and on.

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