speech 音标拼音: [sp'itʃ]
n .
U 言语,说话,说话方式;
C 演说,讲话
U 言语,说话,说话方式;
C 演说,讲话
speech 语音; 话音
speech 话音 语音
speech n 1 :
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience ; "
he listened to an address on minor Roman poets "
[
synonym : {
address }, {
speech }]
2 : (
language )
communication by word of mouth ; "
his speech was garbled "; "
he uttered harsh language "; "
he recorded the spoken language of the streets " [
synonym : {
speech }, {
speech communication }, {
spoken communication }, {
spoken language },
{
language }, {
voice communication }, {
oral communication }]
3 :
something spoken ; "
he could hear them uttering merry speeches "
4 :
the exchange of spoken words ; "
they were perfectly comfortable together without speech "
5 :
your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally ; "
his manner of speaking was quite abrupt "; "
her speech was barren of southernisms "; "
I detected a slight accent in his speech " [
synonym : {
manner of speaking }, {
speech },
{
delivery }]
6 :
a lengthy rebuke ; "
a good lecture was my father '
s idea of discipline "; "
the teacher gave him a talking to " [
synonym :
{
lecture }, {
speech }, {
talking to }]
7 :
words making up the dialogue of a play ; "
the actor forgot his speech " [
synonym : {
actor '
s line }, {
speech }, {
words }]
8 :
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication ; "
language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals " [
synonym :
{
language }, {
speech }]
Speech \
Speech \,
n . [
OE .
speche ,
AS .
sp ?
c ,
spr ?,
fr .
specan ,
sprecan ,
to speak ;
akin to D .
spraak speech ,
OHG .
spr [=
a ]
hha ,
G .
sprache ,
Sw .
spr ?
k ,
Dan .
sprog .
See {
Speak }.]
1 .
The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words ;
the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds ;
the power of speaking .
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There is none comparable to the variety of instructive expressions by speech ,
wherewith man alone is endowed for the communication of his thoughts . --
Holder .
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2 .
he act of speaking ;
that which is spoken ;
words ,
as expressing ideas ;
language ;
conversation .
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Note :
Speech is voice modulated by the throat ,
tongue ,
lips ,
etc .,
the modulation being accomplished by changing the form of the cavity of the mouth and nose through the action of muscles which move their walls .
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O goode God !
how gentle and how kind Ye seemed by your speech and your visage The day that maked was our marriage . --
Chaucer .
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The acts of God . . .
to human ears Can nort without process of speech be told .
--
Milton .
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3 .
A particular language ,
as distinct from others ;
a tongue ;
a dialect .
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People of a strange speech and of an hard language .
--
Ezek .
iii .
6 .
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4 .
Talk ;
mention ;
common saying .
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The duke . . .
did of me demand What was the speech among the Londoners Concerning the French journey . --
Shak .
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5 .
formal discourse in public ;
oration ;
harangue .
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The constant design of these orators ,
in all their speeches ,
was to drive some one particular point .
--
Swift .
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6 .
ny declaration of thoughts .
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I .
with leave of speech implored , . . .
replied .
--
Milton .
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Syn :
Syn .
Harangue ;
language ;
address ;
oration .
See {
Harangue },
and {
Language }.
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Speech \
Speech \,
v .
i . &
t .
To make a speech ;
to harangue . [
R .]
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229 Moby Thesaurus words for "
speech ":
ESP ,
address ,
after -
dinner speech ,
alliteration ,
allocution ,
allusion ,
anacoluthon ,
anadiplosis ,
analogy ,
anaphora ,
anastrophe ,
answer ,
answering ,
antiphrasis ,
antithesis ,
antonomasia ,
apophasis ,
aporia ,
aposiopesis ,
apostrophe ,
articulated ,
articulation ,
blast ,
bull session ,
catachresis ,
chalk talk ,
chiasmus ,
chinfest ,
choice of words ,
circumlocution ,
climax ,
commerce ,
communicating ,
communication ,
communicational ,
communion ,
communional ,
composition ,
confab ,
confabulation ,
congress ,
connection ,
contact ,
conversation ,
conversational ,
converse ,
conversion ,
correspondence ,
dealing ,
dealings ,
debate ,
declamation ,
dialect ,
dialogue ,
diatribe ,
diction ,
discourse ,
disquisition ,
duologue ,
ecphonesis ,
elocution ,
emphasis ,
enunciated ,
enunciation ,
eulogy ,
exchange ,
exclamation ,
exhortation ,
expression ,
filibuster ,
forensic ,
forensic address ,
formal speech ,
formulation ,
funeral oration ,
gemination ,
grammar ,
harangue ,
homily ,
hortatory address ,
hypallage ,
hyperbaton ,
hyperbole ,
idiom ,
inaugural ,
inaugural address ,
information ,
interacting ,
interaction ,
interactional ,
interactive ,
interchange ,
intercommunication ,
intercommunicational ,
intercommunicative ,
intercommunion ,
intercommunional ,
intercourse ,
interplay ,
interresponsive ,
interrogative ,
interrogatory ,
invective ,
inversion ,
irony ,
jargon ,
jeremiad ,
language ,
langue ,
lecture ,
line ,
lingo ,
lingua ,
lingual ,
linguistic ,
linguistic intercourse ,
litotes ,
locution ,
malapropism ,
meiosis ,
message ,
metaphor ,
metonymy ,
nuncupative ,
onomatopoeia ,
oral ,
oral communication ,
oration ,
oxymoron ,
palaver ,
paregmenon ,
parenthesis ,
parlance ,
parley ,
parol ,
parole ,
pep talk ,
periphrasis ,
peroration ,
personal usage ,
personification ,
philippic ,
phrase ,
phraseology ,
phrasing ,
pitch ,
pleonasm ,
prepared speech ,
prepared text ,
preterition ,
prolepsis ,
pronounced ,
public speech ,
question -
and -
answer session ,
questioning ,
reading ,
recital ,
recitation ,
regression ,
repetition ,
reply ,
response ,
responsive ,
rhetoric ,
said ,
sales pitch ,
sales talk ,
salutatory ,
salutatory address ,
sarcasm ,
say ,
screed ,
sermon ,
set speech ,
simile ,
similitude ,
social intercourse ,
song and dance ,
sounded ,
speaking ,
speech circuit ,
speech situation ,
speechification ,
speeching ,
spiel ,
spoken ,
spoonerism ,
syllepsis ,
symploce ,
synecdoche ,
talk ,
talkathon ,
talkfest ,
talking ,
telepathic ,
telepathy ,
tirade ,
tongue ,
touch ,
traffic ,
transmissional ,
trialogue ,
truck ,
two -
way communication ,
unwritten ,
usage ,
use of words ,
usus loquendi ,
utterance ,
uttered ,
valediction ,
valedictory ,
valedictory address ,
verbal ,
verbalization ,
verbiage ,
vernacular ,
viva voce ,
vocal ,
vocalization ,
vocalized ,
voice ,
voiced ,
voiceful ,
voicing ,
wordage ,
wording ,
words ,
zeugma
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SPEECH Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of SPEECH is the communication or expression of thoughts in spoken words How to use speech in a sentence
Speech - Wikipedia Speech is the use of the human voice as a medium for language Spoken language combines vowel and consonant sounds to form units of meaning like words, which belong to a language's lexicon
SPEECH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary SPEECH meaning: 1 the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of spoken language: 2 the way a… Learn more
Speech Definition Meaning - YourDictionary The act of speaking; expression or communication of thoughts and feelings by spoken words The power or ability to speak The manner of speaking Her lisping speech
SPEECH Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Speech, language refer to the means of communication used by people Speech is the expression of ideas and thoughts by means of articulate vocal sounds, or the faculty of thus expressing ideas and thoughts
SPEECH | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary SPEECH meaning: 1 someone's ability to talk, or an example of someone talking: 2 a formal talk that someone… Learn more
SPEECH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary speech, address, oration, harangue are terms for a communication to an audience speech is the general word, with no implication of kind or length, or whether planned or not An address is a rather formal, planned speech, appropriate to a particular subject or occasion
SPEECH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary SPEECH definition: 1 the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of spoken language: 2 the way a… Learn more
speech | meaning of speech in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary . . . speech meaning, definition, what is speech: a talk, especially a formal one about a : Learn more
Speech - definition of speech by The Free Dictionary 1 the faculty or power of speaking; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds 2 the act of speaking 3 something that is spoken; an utterance 4 a form of communication in spoken language, made by a speaker before an audience 6 the form of utterance characteristic of a particular people or region; a language or dialect