Volley

(noun.) a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces.

(verb.) utter rapidly; 'volley a string of curses'.

(verb.) make a volley.

(verb.) discharge in, or as if in, a volley; 'the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians'.

(verb.) hit before it touches the ground; 'volley the tennis ball'.

(verb.) be dispersed in a volley; 'gun shots volleyed at the attackers'.

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• Twenty minutes after the first volley the great fleet swung trailing off in the direction from which it had first appeared. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The hitherto inert and passive mill woke; fire flashed from its empty window-frames; a volley of musketry pealed sharp through the Hollow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The old reprobate with the surplice burst into a volley of bad language. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Volley after volley they vomited upon the temple guards; volley on volley crashed through the thin air toward the fleeting and illusive fliers. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The exposure of a single head would bring a volley from our soldiers. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• There were six troopers and six of us, so it was a close thing, but we emptied four of their saddles at the first volley. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I'm Cap'n here, though, I'll have you to understand, you swab, shrieked Snipes, with a volley of frightful oaths. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• About a hundred thoughts volleyed through my mind in a moment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A splashing and a tramping; a hurrahing, uproaring, musket-volleying; the truest segment of Chaos seen in these latter Ages! 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And then Kerchak emitted the volleying challenge of his kind. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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