speaking

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /ˈspiː.kɪŋ/    美 /ˈspi.kɪŋ/|/ˈspiː.kɪŋ/|[ˈspɪi̯.kɪŋ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language. countable,uncountable
    — I can read and understand most texts in German, but my speaking is awful.
  2. The act of communicating vocally. countable,uncountable
    — Sometimes, a brawl would erupt, as a result, but, in general, public speakings were peaceful events and essential ingredients for election to office.
  3. A speaking exercise or exam. countable,uncountable
  4. An oral recitation of e.g. a story. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of speak form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — Who is that speaking? -Hi. This is José García (speaking).
形容词 adj.
  1. Used in speaking. not-comparable
    — one's normal speaking voice
  2. Expressive; eloquent. not-comparable
    — The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.
  3. Involving speaking. not-comparable
    — It was her first speaking part: she screamed.
  4. Having the ability of speech. not-comparable
    — speaking parrot; speaking clock
  5. Having the ability of speech.; Having competence in a language. in-compounds,not-comparable
    — The English-speaking gentleman gave us directions.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking.

词形变化

speakings plural

词汇关系

反义词
unspeaking nonspeaking
衍生词
English-speaking speakingly speakingness speaking objection forthspeaking evil-speaking gainspeaking lawspeaking tongues-speaking

词源

词源 1
From Middle English spekinge, spekynge, spekinde, spekende, spekande, spekand, from Old English specende, sprecende (“speaking”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekandz (“speaking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak”). Equivalent to speak + -ing. Cognate with Scots speikand, speikin (“speaking”), Saterland Frisian spreekend (“speaking”), West Frisian sprekkend (“speaking”), Dutch sprekend (“speaking”), German Low German sprekend (“speaking”),
German sprechend (“speaking”).
词源 2
From Middle English speking, spekynge, equivalent to speak + -ing.
词源 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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