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voluble 音标拼音: [v'ɑljəbəl] a. 流利的,健谈的,易旋转的,缠绕的 流利的,健谈的,易旋转的,缠绕的 voluble adj 1: marked by a ready flow of speech; " she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations" [ ant: { taciturn}] 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}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue. [ 1913 Webster] [ Cassio,] a knave very voluble. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. " A grave and voluble eloquence." -- Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Changeable; unstable; fickle. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Bot.) Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants. [ 1913 Webster] { Voluble stem} ( Bot.), a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Vol" u* ble* ness}, n. -- { Vol" u* bly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] 36 Moby Thesaurus words for " voluble": all jaw, bombastic, candid, chatty, communicative, conversational, effusive, expansive, exuberant, flip, fluent, frank, gabby, garrulous, gassy, glib, gossipy, gregarious, gushy, long- winded, loquacious, multiloquent, multiloquious, newsy, overtalkative, profuse, prolix, silver- tongued, smooth, sociable, talkative, talky, verbose, vocative, windy, wordy
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