Volley

['vɒlɪ] or ['vɑli]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces.

(verb.) utter rapidly; 'volley a string of curses'.

(verb.) make a volley.

(verb.) discharge in, or as if in, a volley; 'the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians'.

(verb.) hit before it touches the ground; 'volley the tennis ball'.

(verb.) be dispersed in a volley; 'gun shots volleyed at the attackers'.

手打:利--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.

(n.) A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words.

(n.) A return of the ball before it touches the ground.

(n.) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.

(v. t.) To discharge with, or as with, a volley.

(v. i.) To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or volleys.

(v. i.) To return the ball before it touches the ground.

(v. i.) To send the ball full to the top of the wicket.

校對:佩里

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Discharge, emission, burst, explosion, blast.

埃尔顿校對

解釋/意思:

n. a flight of shot: the discharge of many small-arms at once: an outburst of many at once: in tennis and lawn-tennis a hard return of the ball before it reaches the ground—half-volley is a return by striking the ball just as it touches or rises from the ground:—pl. Voll′eys.—v.t. to discharge in a volley.—v.i. to fly together as missiles: to sound together: in lawn-tennis to use the stroke so called.

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