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单词 tirade
释义
tiradeti‧rade /taɪˈreɪd, tə- $ ˈtaɪreɪd, təˈreɪd/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtirade
Origin:
1800-1900 French ‘shot, tirade’, from Old Italian tirata, from tirare ‘to shoot’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Hahn is known for his tirades against immigrants.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Alexander listened to my tirade and decided, instead, to be an adult and ignore the whole thing.
  • At least answer the Brigadier's tirade against temporary officers.
  • At the end of his tirade he seemed curiously tired, and emptied of invective.
  • He then embarked on a long tirade about the tactics we should adopt for a forthcoming game with an Army side.
  • His tirades were reinforced, according to a contemporary, by a commanding physical presence and manner.
  • On one hand, he resented his courtroom tirades, which were often personal and designed to humiliate.
  • This revolution is already happening, although it is often overlooked in the weekly tirades against the public schools.
  • Though I was in no danger of accepting his premise, the effect of his tirade was impressive.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 He launched into a tirade against the church.
 a tirade of abuse
a long angry speech criticizing someone or somethingtirade against He launched into a tirade against the church.tirade of a tirade of abuse
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