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volant的意思

volant

英 ['vəʊlənt] 美 ['volənt]
  • adj. 迅速的;会飞的;飞行的
  • n. (Volant)人名;(法)沃朗

volant

英文词源


volant (adj.)
"flying," c. 1500, from Middle French volant "able to fly," from Latin volantem (nominative volans), present participle of volare "to fly," of unknown origin. French voler, literally "to fly," in 16c. acquired a sense of "to steal," via the transitive meaning "to make fly."