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volte-face

英 [,vɔltə'fɑ:s] 美

n. 完全改變；向後轉

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).

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