| 释义 |
spruik, v. Austral. and N.Z. slang.|spruːk|
[Of unknown origin.]
intr. Esp. of a showman: to deliver a speech, hold forth, speak in public.
1916C. J. Dennis Songs of Sentimental Bloke 42 'E'll sigh and spruik, an' 'owl a love-sick vow. 1934V. Palmer Swayne Family 250 Wonder you didn't get a job spruiking for the pictures down there in town. 1941K. Tennant Battlers xiii. 143 The ampster's is an easy job. He stands in the front row of the listening crowd registering intense interest and enthusiasm while the showman ‘spruiks’. 1955D. Niland Shiralee 106 Kelly was chanting the count, banging the big drum, lining the fighters up on the board again, spruiking to the crowd. 1963Truth (Wellington, N.Z.) 15 Oct., Announcers who spruik just for the sake of hearing themselves need to be mighty sure of their facts. 1975H. Porter Extra 244 Hollow-chested men..who sell agitated toys on street corners or spruik outside strip-tease joints.
Hence ˈspruiker, a speaker employed to attract custom to a sideshow, a barker; a public speaker.
1924Truth (Sydney) 27 Apr. 6 Spruiker, a speaker. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 2 Aug. 10/4 General Blamey's somewhat ill-advised efforts to prevent political spruikers addressing the Friday-night crowds. 1952J. Cleary Sundowners 154 Rupe sounds like a spruiker from the Domain. 1959J. Wright Generations of Men xvi. 203 Spruikers dressed in red flannel shirts..shouted and gestured in hoarse invitation. 1977C. McCullough Thorn Birds v. 93 ‘Come on chaps, who'll take a glove?’ the spruiker was braying. ‘Who wants to have a go?’ |