| 释义 |
keynote, v. colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˈkiːnəʊt|
[f. the n.]
trans. To express the prevailing tone or idea of (something); to address (a meeting) as a keynote speaker. Hence ˈkeynoting vbl. n.
1934in Webster. 1945News Review 10 May 14 Keynoting the surface atmosphere, a Daily Express cartoon showed strap-hanging travellers reading splash-headlined newspapers. 1955E. Lowry in Sperber & Trittschuh Amer. Pol. Terms (1962) 226/1 Keynoting implies the ability to make melodic noises and give the impression of passionately and torrentially moving onward and upward while warily standing still. 1963Amer. Mineralogist XLVIII. 959 Dr. Ira Cram..will keynote the meeting [of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists]. 1965Daily Tel. 9 June 21/6 Keynoting the meeting, Dr. ― high⁓lighted the need for [etc.]. 1974State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 5 Mar. 9-B/2 Judge George N. Leighton, Howard University and Harvard Law School graduate, will keynote the symposium. |