speak

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /spiːk/    美 /spik/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group. uncountable
    — corporate speak; IT speak
  2. a low class bar, a speakeasy. dated
  3. Speech, conversation. countable
  4. Clipping of speaker point. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,countable,informal
    — We will deduct speaks for hesitation.
动词 v.
  1. To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud. intransitive
    — And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
  2. To have a conversation. intransitive,reciprocal
    — It's been ages since we've spoken.
  3. To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions. broadly
    — He spoke of it in his diary.
  4. To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech. intransitive
    — This evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage.
  5. To be able to communicate in a language. stative,transitive
    — He speaks Mandarin fluently.
  6. To be able to communicate in a language.; To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field. broadly,stative,transitive
    — Even those who did 'speak computer' did so sometimes in a less than fluent way which required a jump to be made from a press-the-right-button stage to having the confidence to experiment.
  7. To utter. transitive
    — And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
  8. To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate. transitive
    — Their behaviour to each other speaks the most cordial confidence and happiness.
  9. To understand (as though it were a language). humorous,informal,sometimes,transitive
    — Sorry, I don't speak idiot.
  10. To produce a sound; to sound. intransitive
    — Make all our trumpets speak.
  11. Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
    — Miles tremblingly confessed that it had, but to no purpose; a parrot being able to speak better in three weeks than a brazen head.
  12. To address; to accost; to speak to. archaic,transitive
    — [He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair.

词形变化

speaks present,singular,third-person speaking participle,present spoke past spake archaic,past spoke colloquial,nonstandard,participle,past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template speak infinitive speak first-person,present,singular spoke first-person,past,singular speak present,second-person,singular speakest archaic,present,second-person,singular spoke past,second-person,singular spokest archaic,past,second-person,singular speaks present,singular,third-person speaketh archaic,present,singular,third-person spoke past,singular,third-person speak plural,present spoke past,plural speak present,subjunctive spoke past,subjunctive speak imperative,present - imperative,past speaking participle,present spoken participle,past speake alternative,obsolete speke alternative,obsolete speaks plural speake alternative,obsolete speke alternative,obsolete speaks plural speake alternative,obsolete speke alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
articulate talk verbalize babble blab chat chatter converse discuss jabber moot open one's mouth say speak yak yap yammer
反义词
be silent
上位词
communicate
下位词
blather bloviate blurt declare drawl drone expound gab gabble gasp mention orate parp pontificate prattle rabbit ramble rant rave roll schmooze speech speechify sputter stammer thunder witter
衍生词
bespeak forespeak forspeak forthspeak misspeak outspeak overspeak public speaking speakable speaker speakeasy speakworthy re-speak unspeak unspeakable upspeak withspeak speak down speak for speak out speak to speak up artspeak autospeak cyberspeak diplomat-speak diplospeak doublespeak duckspeak farspeak Frogspeak lawyerspeak leetspeak mallspeak medspeak Newspeak nonspeak oldspeak speak-box therapy-speak Twitch-speak uwu speak weather speak
相关词
speech utter
并列词
sign

词源

词源 1
From Middle English speke, speken (“to speak”), from Old English specan (“to speak”). This is usually taken to be an irregular alteration of earlier sprecan, spreocan (“to speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak, make a sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *spreg- (“to make a sound, utter, speak”). Finding this proposed loss of r from the stable cluster spr unparalleled, Hill instead sets up a different root, Proto-West Germanic *spekan (“to negotiate”) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʾ-e- (“to distribute”) with *s-mobile, which collapsed in meaning with *sprekan ("to speak" < "to crackle, prattle") and so came to be seen as a free variant thereof.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots speak, speik (“to speak”), Saterland Frisian spreke (“to speak”), West Frisian sprekke (“to speak”), Central Franconian sjprèche (“to speak”), Dutch and Low German spreken (“to speak”), German sprechen (“to speak”), Luxembourgish spriechen (“to speak”), and also with Albanian shpreh (“to express, manifest, show”) through Indo-European.
词源 2
From Middle English speke, speken (“to speak”), from Old English specan (“to speak”). This is usually taken to be an irregular alteration of earlier sprecan, spreocan (“to speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak, make a sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *spreg- (“to make a sound, utter, speak”). Finding this proposed loss of r from the stable cluster spr unparalleled, Hill instead sets up a different root, Proto-West Germanic *spekan (“to negotiate”) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʾ-e- (“to distribute”) with *s-mobile, which collapsed in meaning with *sprekan ("to speak" < "to crackle, prattle") and so came to be seen as a free variant thereof.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots speak, speik (“to speak”), Saterland Frisian spreke (“to speak”), West Frisian sprekke (“to speak”), Central Franconian sjprèche (“to speak”), Dutch and Low German spreken (“to speak”), German sprechen (“to speak”), Luxembourgish spriechen (“to speak”), and also with Albanian shpreh (“to express, manifest, show”) through Indo-European.
词源 3
From Middle English speke, speken (“to speak”), from Old English specan (“to speak”). This is usually taken to be an irregular alteration of earlier sprecan, spreocan (“to speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak, make a sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *spreg- (“to make a sound, utter, speak”). Finding this proposed loss of r from the stable cluster spr unparalleled, Hill instead sets up a different root, Proto-West Germanic *spekan (“to negotiate”) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʾ-e- (“to distribute”) with *s-mobile, which collapsed in meaning with *sprekan ("to speak" < "to crackle, prattle") and so came to be seen as a free variant thereof.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots speak, speik (“to speak”), Saterland Frisian spreke (“to speak”), West Frisian sprekke (“to speak”), Central Franconian sjprèche (“to speak”), Dutch and Low German spreken (“to speak”), German sprechen (“to speak”), Luxembourgish spriechen (“to speak”), and also with Albanian shpreh (“to express, manifest, show”) through Indo-European.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary