| 单词 | at volley |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (the or a) volley ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner suddenly1340 of unwarninga1400 on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469 casuallya1549 extemporea1556 of (upon) this sudden1572 extemporally1577 at (the or a) volley1578 on (or o') the volley1578 extrumpery1582 unpremeditately1607 extemporary1610 extempory1623 extemporarily1667 impromptu1669 ad aperturam libri1679 unpremeditatedly1694 impulsively1768 extemporaneously1791 promiscuously1791 spontaneously1799 on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801 spontaneous1810 promiscuous1826 improvisedly1851 off-handedly1876 at the first jet1878 off the cuff1927 off the top of one's head1939 off the wall1966 (a) (b)1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. H4 What we spake on the voley begins to worke.1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. vi. 62 You must not giue credit To all that Ladies publiquely professe, Or talke, o'th vollee, vnto their seruants.1831 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 161/1 He never speaks ‘on the voley’ (that is to say, at random).1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 252 The king..they knew loued hir feruently,..although it were begun at the volue. 1596 J. Harington Apol. sig. Aavjv The sundrie censures I shoulde incurre, by letting such a pamphlet fly abroad at such a time, when euery thing is taken at the voley. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. i. 24 in Wks. II 'Tis like a Ball at Tennis..When we doe speake at volley, all the ill We can one of another. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 125 Like those (who) speake at random at a voleye. 1686 F. Spence tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Miscellanea Pref. Otherwise we cannot lay hold of him, he speaks at volley and universally. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. iii*. 126 I have always known you..prompt to speak at the volley and without reflection.] < as lemmas |
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