залп; залповый
1. имя существительное 1) залп Например: to discharge / fire a volley — дать залп to salute the enemy with a volley of fire — встретить врага залпом огня Синоним(ы): salvo 2) а) град, множество (стрел, камней и т. п.) Например: volley of bullets — град пуль б) [поэтическое] ливень, поток, град в) град, поток (насмешек, упрёков и т. п.) Например: volley of compliments — поток комплиментов 3) [спорт] удар с лёта Например: stop volley — укороченный удар с лёта (в теннисе) 2. глагол 1) стрелять залпами; давать залп, очередь 2) сыпаться градом (об упрёках, насмешках) Например: About a hundred thoughts volleyed through my mind in a moment. — Сотни мыслей пронеслись в моей голове в одно мгновение. 3) то же, что и volley forth / off / out - испускать (крики, жалобы) 4) ударить (мяч) с лёта
I. noun (plural volleys) Etymology: Middle French volee flight, from voler to fly, from Old French, from Latin volare 1. a. a flight of missiles (as arrows) b. simultaneous discharge of a number of missile weapons c. one round per gun in a battery fired as soon as a gun is ready without regard to order d. (1) the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground; also a return of the ball before it touches the ground (2) a kick of the ball in soccer before it rebounds (3) the exchange of the shuttlecock in badminton following the serve 2. a. a burst or emission of many things or a large amount at once Example: received a volley of angry letters Example: a volley of praise b. a burst of simultaneous or immediately sequential nerve impulses passing to an end organ, synapse, or center II. verb (volleyed; volleying) transitive verb 1. to discharge in or as if in a volley 2. to propel (an object) while in the air and before touching the ground; especially to hit (a tennis ball) on the volley intransitive verb 1. to become discharged in or as if in a volley 2. to make a volley; specifically to volley an object of play (as in tennis) • volleyer noun