名詞 volley:

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

動(dòng)詞 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.
   他像發(fā)連珠炮似地破口大罵。
2. Police fired a volley over the heads of the crowd.
   警察朝人群上方射出一排子彈。
3. He was hit by a volley of snowballs.
   他被一陣投來的雪球擊中了。

vol.ley

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 vol.leys

A simultaneous discharge of a number of missiles.
齊射：一定數(shù)目槍彈的同時(shí)射擊
The missiles thus discharged.
這樣射出去的槍彈
A bursting forth of many things together:
迸發(fā)：許多東西一起爆發(fā)出：
例句：
a volley of oaths.
誓言的迸發(fā)

Sports
【體育運(yùn)動(dòng)】
The flight of a ball before it touches the ground:
凌空球：球觸地以前的飛行：
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?fù)艨罩星颍河戎冈诰W(wǎng)球中球落地以前擊球
v.（動(dòng)詞）
vol.leyed,vol.ley.ing,vol.leys
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To discharge in or as if in a volley:
群射：用齊射或象齊射那樣射擊：
例句：
volley musket shots at the attackers.
用步槍向來敵群射

Sports To strike (a tennis ball, for example) before it touches the ground.
【體育運(yùn)動(dòng)】 截?fù)簦涸谇蛴|地以前擊（如網(wǎng)球）
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To be discharged in or as if in a volley.
群射：被齊射或象被齊射一樣地射出去
Sports To make a volley, especially in tennis.
【體育運(yùn)動(dòng)】 截?fù)簦航負(fù)羟?，尤指在網(wǎng)球中
To move rapidly, forcefully, or loudly like missiles:
連聲發(fā)出：象槍彈那樣快速、有力或大聲地運(yùn)動(dòng)：
例句：
The hailstones volleyed down. Charges and countercharges volleyed through the courtroom.
冰雹紛紛而下。在法院里控方和反控方如連珠炮式的辯論

來源：
French volée
法語(yǔ) volée
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Vulgar Latin *vol3ta
源自 俗拉丁語(yǔ) *vol3ta
from Latin vol3re [to fly]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) vol3re [飛]

【引伸】
vol.leyer
n.（名詞）