- 1話多的、滔滔不絕的、口若懸河的
Voluble describes someone who talks a lot, easily and fast — the words just roll out of them.
voluble voluble describes someone who talks a lot, easily and fast形容一個人話很多、講得又順又快 — the words just roll out of them話就這樣自然而然滾出來。
It is a formal, word; you meet it in novels and journalism, not really in daily chat. It usually leans positive or at least neutral: a voluble person is lively, warm, never stuck for something to say. But it can carry a small hint of "maybe too much", depending on the sentence — "he became voluble after three beers" is not really praise.
it這個字 is a formal, bookish word是個正式、書面的字; you meet it你會在 in novels and journalism小說和新聞報導裡遇到它, not really in daily chat不太會出現在日常閒聊。it這個字 usually leans positive or at least neutral通常偏正面,至少是中性的: a voluble person voluble的人 is lively, warm, never stuck for something to say活潑、親切,從不會沒話說。but但 it它 can carry a small hint of "maybe too much"有時會帶一點"是不是太多了"的味道, depending on the sentence看句子而定 — "he became voluble after three beers""he became voluble after three beers" is not really praise其實不算稱讚。
You use it about people (a voluble guest), about their speech (a voluble apology, voluble praise, voluble complaints), and often about someone who is normally quiet and suddenly opens up: "she was voluble on the subject of her neighbours." Compare it with its neighbours: talkative is the plain everyday word; is friendly and light; garrulous and long-winded are clearly negative, meaning boring and endless. Voluble sits in the middle and adds the idea of speed and ease, not just quantity.
you會用它 use it about people來形容人 (a voluble guest像a voluble guest), about their speech或形容說話內容 (a voluble apology, voluble praise, voluble complaints像voluble apology、voluble praise、voluble complaints), and而且 often about someone who is normally quiet and suddenly opens up常用在平常安靜、突然話多起來的人身上: "she was voluble on the subject of her neighbours.""she was voluble on the subject of her neighbours." compare it with its neighbours跟它的近義詞比較: talkative talkative is the plain everyday word是最普通的日常用字; chatty chatty is friendly and light是親切輕鬆的; garrulous and long-winded garrulous和long-winded are clearly negative則明顯是負面的, meaning boring and endless意思是囉嗦沒完沒了。voluble voluble sits in the middle介於中間, and而且 adds the idea of speed and ease, not just quantity多了速度和流暢的意思,不只是量多。
core核心畫面
組成From French volubile, from Latin volūbilis meaning "rolling, turning easily", from volvō "I roll". So a voluble person is someone whose words roll out smoothly, without catching.
同家族的字
- revolvesame Latin volvere, to roll or turn
- revolutionfrom the same root: a turning around
- involveliterally to roll something in, same root
- volumefrom the same root — a volume was originally a rolled-up scroll
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
volubleadj/ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl/
- 1
Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.
- A moſt acute Iuuvenal, voluble and free of grace, […]
- What fun shone in his eyes as he recalled some of her fine speeches, and repeated them, imitating her voluble delivery!
- 2
Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.
- Thus farr the occaſion of this diſcours againſt Tumults; now to the diſcours itſelf, voluble anough, and full of ſentence, but that, for the moſt part, either ſpecious rather then ſolid, or to his cauſe nothing pertinent.
- He heard[…]the voice of the drunken woman, now sober, poured out in voluble remorse, and in voluble promise of amendment for the future, to every one who passed, if they would let her off easy.
- 3
Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.
- Seen from the west, their sky-line gallops away north and south like a sea-serpent in voluble motion.
- 4
biologybotanynatural-sciencesTwisting and turning like a vine.
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