volley: [16] A volley is etymologically a ‘flight’ of something, such as missiles. The word comes via Old French volee from Vulgar Latin *volāta ‘flight’, which was a noun use of the feminine past participle of Latin volāre ‘fly’ (source also of English volatile [17]). The origins of this are not certain, although it may be distantly related to Sanskrit garutmant- ‘bird’. The use of volley as a sporting term for a ‘shot hit before the ball bounces’ dates from the 19th century. => volatile
volley (n.)
1570s, "discharge of a number of guns at once," from Middle French volee "flight" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *volta, fem. noun from Latin volatum, past participle of volare "to fly" (see volant). Sporting sense of "a return of the ball before it hits the ground" (originally in tennis) is from 1851, from notion of hitting the ball in flight.
volley (v.)
1590s, "discharge in a volley," from volley (n.). Sporting sense (originally in tennis) of "to return the ball before it has hit the ground" is from 1819. Related: Volleyed; volleying.
例文
1. A gunman fired off a volley of shots into the air.
銃を持った悪党が空に向かって銃弾を掃射した。
2.Three mounted officers rode into the field after the volley .
銃砲が一斉に発砲した後、将校3人が馬に乗って戦場に突入した。
3.A man fired a volley of shots at them.
ある男が彼らに銃弾を撃った。
4.A volley of bullets ripped into the facing wall.