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vol·u·ble
/ˈvɑljəbəl/
(
a
.)流利的,健談的,易旋轉的,纏繞的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Vol·u·ble
a.
1.
Easily
rolling
or
turning
;
easily
set
in
motion
;
apt
to
roll
;
rotating
;
as
,
voluble
particles
of
matter
.
2.
Moving
with
ease
and
smoothness
in
uttering
words
;
of
rapid
speech
;
nimble
in
speaking
;
glib
;
as
,
a
flippant
,
voluble
,
tongue
.
[Cassio,]
a
knave
very
voluble
.
--
Shak
.
Note:
☞
Voluble
was
used
formerly
to
indicate
readiness
of
speech
merely
,
without
any
derogatory
suggestion
.
“A
grave
and
voluble
eloquence.”
3.
Changeable
;
unstable
;
fickle
. [
Obs
.]
4.
Bot.
Having
the
power
or
habit
of
turning
or
twining
;
as
,
the
voluble
stem
of
hop
plants
.
Voluble stem
Bot.
,
a
stem
that
climbs
by
winding
,
or
twining
,
round
another
body
.
--
Vol*u*ble*ness
,
n.
--
Vol*u*bly
,
adv.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
voluble
adj
:
marked
by
a
ready
flow
of
speech
; "
she
is
an
extremely
voluble
young
woman
who
engages
in
soliloquies
not
conversations
" [
ant
:
taciturn
]
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