speechify

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length. intransitive
    — Caleb was a powerful man and knew little of any fear except the fear of hurting others and the fear of having to speechify.
  2. To make speeches to (someone); to address in a speech. obsolete,possibly,transitive
    — They take their little enjoyments on little means and with little things and don't let solemn big-wigs stare them out of countenance or speechify them dull.

词形变化

speechifies present,singular,third-person speechifying participle,present speechified participle,past speechified past

词汇关系

衍生词
speechifier speechifying
相关词
bespeech

词源

Etymology tree
English speech
Latin -i-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-fakāō
Latin -ficō
Latin -ificāreder.
Old French -ifierbor.
Middle English -ifien
English -ify
English speechify
From speech + -ify.
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