| 释义 |
volley /volˈi/ noun (pl vollˈeys)- A flight of missiles
- The discharge of many weapons (esp small arms) at once
- A round fired by every gun in a battery
- An outburst of many words, etc at once
- (in tennis, football, etc) a strike of the ball before it reaches the ground (a half volley is a strike of the ball immediately after it bounces)
- A ball struck in this way
transitive verb- To discharge in a volley
- To return (a ball) before it bounces
- To fire a volley or volleys at
intransitive verb- To fly or be discharged in a volley
- To sound or produce sounds like a volley
- To roll, move or be emitted like a volley
- To produce a volley in tennis, etc
ORIGIN: Fr volée a flight, from L volāre to fly vollˈeyed adjective vollˈeyer noun vollˈeyball noun - A team game in which a large ball is volleyed by the hand over a high net
- The ball used in the game
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