英:['vɒljʊblɪ]
美:['vɒljʊblɪ]
英:['vɒljʊblɪ]
美:['vɒljʊblɪ]
Adverb
1. in a chatty manner;
"`when I was a girl,' she said chattily, `I used to ride a bicycle'"
Middle English volible, voluble "able to turn, changing," borrowed from Latin volūbilis "turning on its axis, rolling, flowing, (of speech) readily flowing, fluent," from volū-, variant stem of volvere "to set in a circular course, cause to roll" + -bilis "capable (of acting) or worthy (of being acted upon)" — more at wallow >entry 1, -able
The first known use of voluble was in the 15th century
volumenoun
book entry 1 sense 2a
one of a series of books forming a complete work or collection
the fifth volume of an encyclopedia
an amount of space as measured in cubic units
the volume of a container
a large amount : mass a volume of criticism poured in
volumes of smoke
the degree of loudness of a sound
turn up the volume
volumenoun
book entry 1 sense 2a
one of a series of books forming a complete work or collection
the fifth volume of an encyclopedia
an amount of space as measured in cubic units
the volume of a container
a large amount : mass a volume of criticism poured in
volumes of smoke
the degree of loudness of a sound
turn up the volume
volubleadjective
having a smooth and fast flow of words in speaking
1 Under other circumstances Noel would have laughed at her words, for the huge Jim plainly was in full subjection to the little woman who was talking so volubly.
2 But theaters aren’t monasteries, and while some movies are better watched in shared, relative quiet, others are better suited to the call-and-response of the volubly engaged audience.
3 She answered volubly and eagerly, “And why not, indeed? So have all men who have prospered. It is only the poor man who must needs drink from one cup.”
4 Western officials have responded to China’s stance by volubly praising Beijing for its willingness to limit future emissions of greenhouse gases while also pursuing quiet diplomacy on the financial issue.
5 Trump’s political career dates to his questioning volubly and repeatedly whether President Obama is a U.S. national—accusations that recently stretched to his calling the president the “founder” of a terrorist organization.
6 Last month this column asked, apropos of Hillary Clinton’s email scandal: “How come Bill Clinton hasn’t been defending his wife as volubly as she defended him all those years ago when he was guilty?”
7 And when Borkman volubly joins in the competition for young Erhart’s support in the third act, the audience with which I saw the show laughed with abandon.
8 And no one – I mean no one – should listen to someone talk about doing this without volubly objecting.
9 Emil is the same man who would speak volubly and pleasantly in any of five languages to any reporter to cared to question him before the present Olympic Games began.
10 They drive around in "western" 4x4s and talk volubly on "western" mobile phones.
11 Orange brings back the characters from the first book, where narration duties rotated among a cast of voluble and charming junkies, Internet and food addicts, criminals and aspiring criminals, deadbeat dads, dying mothers.
12 Ananda watches the British at play and at work: how they redden in the sunshine and drink outside pubs when the weather warms up; how volubly they conduct politics on television.
13 At one of the city’s Romney offices, a spartan suite of call banks in a run-down strip mall, dozens of volubly enthusiastic volunteers made calls or headed out to knock on doors.
14 He talked as volubly as ever.
他还像从前一样滔滔不绝地说着话。
15 Letts lets slip a rare grin; Jones chats volubly, machine guns us with his guitar and generally carries on like a man thoroughly enjoying reliving those BAD old days.
16 "She’s got a way with her, has Susan," she went on quite volubly.
“苏珊很会照顾病人。”她滔滔不绝地说下去。
17 He talks volubly with indiscreet remarks and criticisms.
他指手画脚地高谈阔论.
18 And after rushing to perfect a nuclear bomb, and celebrating volubly at each successful test, Mr Kim declared that in fact he wanted a “nuclear-free Korean peninsula”.
19 He speaks volubly like a flowing river ; many people are attracted to stop and listen.
他口若悬河,侃侃而谈, 吸引了不少人听.
20 Outside the polling station, set up in a village club, one local man complained volubly over the quality of the ballot box as cows basked in the bright sunshine.