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单词 volitant
释义 volitant, a.|ˈvɒlɪtənt|
[ad. L. volitant-, volitans, pres. pple. of volitāre: see next.]
1. Flitting, flying, or constantly moving about.
1847Emerson Repr. Men, Montaigne Wks. (Bohn) I. 340 We are golden averages, volitant stabilities,..houses founded on the sea.1858Lewes Sea-side Studies 358 That snowy mass of cloud..rose from the surface of this brilliant, buoyant, volitant, sea.1891Cent. Dict. s.v., The bat is a volitant quadruped.
2. Characterized by flitting or flying to and fro.
1857Fraser's Mag. July 65/1 The tremulous volitant motion of breeze upon wave.
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