volte-face

短语

n. 完全改变, 转向, 大转变

发音

其它 /vɒltˈfæs/

词形变化

volte-faces 复数

别名

volte face

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A reversal of attitude, policy, or principle.

    变卦

  2. 2.

    A dramatic change in mood or tone.

    媒体

    Shakespeare often used volte-faces in the rhyming couplets at the end of his sonnets.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

reversal about-face

上位词 1

change

下位词 1

undoing

词源

Borrowed from French volte-face.

来源：wiktionary