volant的词源

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."

中文词源

volant：会飞的；迅速的

关键在记住词根-vol-“飞”，建议用熟词理解：排球在半空飞来飞去，volleyball（排球）的词根正是-vol-“飞”；同根词volley（齐射；齐发；截击）、volatile（不稳定的；易挥发的）、volitant（飞的）；Voldemort（伏地魔，字面义“飞离死亡”）。

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