首页volte-facevolte-face的意思
volte-face
英 [,vɔltə'fɑ:s]
美
- n. 完全改变;向后转
词态变化
复数: volte-faces;
中文词源
volte-face 大转变
volte,转,旋转,词源同volume,face,脸。引申词义大转变。
英文词源
- 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).