volubly
ad . 爱说话地;口若悬河地
爱说话地;口若悬河地
volubly adv 1 :
in a chatty manner ; "`
when I was a girl ,'
she said chattily , `
I used to ride a bicycle '" [
synonym : {
chattily },
{
volubly }]
Voluble \
Vol "
u *
ble \,
a . [
L .
volubilis ,
fr .
volvere ,
volutum ,
to roll ,
to turn round ;
akin to Gr . ?
to infold ,
to inwrap , ?
to roll ,
G .
welle a wave :
cf .
F .
voluble .
Cf .
F . {
Well }
of water , {
Convolvulus }, {
Devolve }, {
Involve }, {
Revolt }, {
Vault }
an arch , {
Volume }, {
Volute }.]
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1 .
Easily rolling or turning ;
easily set in motion ;
apt to roll ;
rotating ;
as ,
voluble particles of matter .
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2 .
Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words ;
of rapid speech ;
nimble in speaking ;
glib ;
as ,
a flippant ,
voluble ,
tongue .
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[
Cassio ,]
a knave very voluble . --
Shak .
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Note :
Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely ,
without any derogatory suggestion . "
A grave and voluble eloquence ." --
Bp .
Hacket .
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3 .
Changeable ;
unstable ;
fickle . [
Obs .]
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4 . (
Bot .)
Having the power or habit of turning or twining ;
as ,
the voluble stem of hop plants .
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{
Voluble stem } (
Bot .),
a stem that climbs by winding ,
or twining ,
round another body .
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Vol "
u *
ble *
ness },
n . -- {
Vol "
u *
bly },
adv .
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