3325英語網 單詞
volte-face的意思
volte-face
英 [,v?lt?'fɑ:s]
美
- n. 完全改變；向后轉
中文詞源
volte-face 大轉變
volte,轉，旋轉，詞源同volume,face,臉。引申詞義大轉變。
英文詞源
- volte-face
- a reversal of opinion, 1819, French (17c.), from Italian volta faccia, literally "turn face," from volta, imper. of voltare "to turn" (from Vulgar Latin *volvita, from Latin volvere "to roll;" see volvox) + faccia (see face).