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ad. 流利地, 滔滔不绝地



    volubly
    [ adv ]
    in a chatty manner
    <adv.all>
    `when I was a girl,' she said chattily, `I used to ride a bicycle'


    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}.]
    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.'' --Bp. Hacket.

    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.

    1. (Or is it the other way round?) Sir Terry talks volubly but in a methodical, literal way with an intelligence that seemed analytical rather than imaginative.
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