volley

名词 volley:

1. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
   同义词：fusillade, salvo, burst
2. a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces

动词 volley:

1. be dispersed in a volley
2. hit before it touches the ground
3. discharge in, or as if in, a volley
4. make a volley
5. utter rapidly

1. He let out a volley of oaths.
   他像发连珠炮似地破口大骂。
2. Police fired a volley over the heads of the crowd.
   警察朝人群上方射出一排子弹。
3. He was hit by a volley of snowballs.
   他被一阵投来的雪球击中了。

vol.ley

n.（名词）
【复数】 vol.leys

A simultaneous discharge of a number of missiles.
齐射：一定数目枪弹的同时射击
The missiles thus discharged.
这样射出去的枪弹
A bursting forth of many things together:
迸发：许多东西一起爆发出：
例句：
a volley of oaths.
誓言的迸发

Sports
【体育运动】
The flight of a ball before it touches the ground:
凌空球：球触地以前的飞行：
例句：
kicked the soccer ball on the volley.
凌空踢中足球

A shot, especially in tennis, made by striking the ball before it touches the ground.
截击空中球：尤指在网球中球落地以前击球
v.（动词）
vol.leyed,vol.ley.ing,vol.leys
v.tr.（及物动词）
To discharge in or as if in a volley:
群射：用齐射或象齐射那样射击：
例句：
volley musket shots at the attackers.
用步枪向来敌群射

Sports To strike (a tennis ball, for example) before it touches the ground.
【体育运动】 截击：在球触地以前击（如网球）
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To be discharged in or as if in a volley.
群射：被齐射或象被齐射一样地射出去
Sports To make a volley, especially in tennis.
【体育运动】 截击：截击球，尤指在网球中
To move rapidly, forcefully, or loudly like missiles:
连声发出：象枪弹那样快速、有力或大声地运动：
例句：
The hailstones volleyed down. Charges and countercharges volleyed through the courtroom.
冰雹纷纷而下。在法院里控方和反控方如连珠炮式的辩论

来源：
French volée
法语 volée
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Vulgar Latin *vol3ta
源自 俗拉丁语 *vol3ta
from Latin vol3re [to fly]
源自 拉丁语 vol3re [飞]

【引伸】
vol.leyer
n.（名词）