英语单词 | volley |
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英美音标 | 英 ['vɒli] 美 ['vɑːli] |
中文释义 | n.齐发;齐射 v.齐射;迸发;[体]截击 |
英语例句 | (1) He let out a volley of oaths. (2) He was hit by a volley of snowballs. (3) Police fired a volley over the heads of the crowd. (4) I tried to volley it back to you. (5) She run to the other side and volley into the net. |
中文例句 | (1) 他像发连珠炮似地破口大骂。 (2) 他被一阵投来的雪球击中了。 (3) 警察朝人群上方射出一排子弹。 (4) 我尽力截击球来反击你。 (5) 她跑到另一边截球入网。 |
vocabulary简明 | When an attacking army lets loose a barrage of bullets all at once, it's called a volley. |
vocabulary扩展 | A volley of bullets, arrows, or rocks describes a large number of them being shot or thrown simultaneously. Another meaning of the noun volley involves just one projectile: a returned tennis ball, usually one that hasn't hit the ground before being smacked by a racket. The military meaning of volley has been around since the 1500's, while the sports meaning didn't arise until the late 1800's. The root word is the Latin volare, "to fly." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]截踢,截击(空中球) In sport, if someone volleys the ball, they hit it before it touches the ground. [V n prep/adv] [V]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](子弹的)群射,齐发 A volley of gunfire is a lot of bullets that travel through the air at the same time. [oft N
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