| 释义 |
ˈoratorize, v.
[f. orator n. + -ize.]
intr. To play the orator; to deliver an oration. Now usually humorous or contemptuous: to ‘speechify’.
1620Sir S. D'Ewes in Coll. Life Jas. I (1851) 107 Dr. Collins oratorized, as his manner was, most excellently. a1654Webster App. & Virg. v. iii, To hear me concionate, And oratorize. 1837Dickens Pickw. xxiv, Mr. Pickwick oratorizing, and the crowd shouting. 1853Blackw. Mag. LXXIII. 508 Lecturers..have of late years been perambulating the country oratorising on this subject.
b. trans. To set forth with oratory. rare.
1853Blackw. Mag. LXXIV. 503 You knew, the while these your words were awakening detestation of Swift, you were oratorising a very great sham—all nonsense—stuff. |