speak of something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspeak of something phrasal verb1 ALSHOW/BE A SIGN OF literary to show clearly that something happened or exists Her skin spoke of warm summer days spent in the sun.2 no ... to speak of (also none/nothing to speak of)LITTLE/NOT MUCH very little of something or a very small thing There’s been no rain to speak of for several months. The house had no garden to speak of. → speak→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusno ... to speak of• In all, the unit has a staff of 18 and no budget to speak of.• It had no bones to speak of.• His supple skin had no lines to speak of; he preserved it with various expensive creams and face masks.• No ad campaign, no sales to speak of, no one showed up for readings.• There were no Republicans to speak of then.• No wind-chill to speak of, to polish us off.

单词	speak of something
释义	speak of something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspeak of something phrasal verb1 ALSHOW/BE A SIGN OF literary to show clearly that something happened or exists Her skin spoke of warm summer days spent in the sun.2 no ... to speak of (also none/nothing to speak of)LITTLE/NOT MUCH very little of something or a very small thing There’s been no rain to speak of for several months. The house had no garden to speak of. → speak→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusno ... to speak of• In all, the unit has a staff of 18 and no budget to speak of.• It had no bones to speak of.• His supple skin had no lines to speak of; he preserved it with various expensive creams and face masks.• No ad campaign, no sales to speak of, no one showed up for readings.• There were no Republicans to speak of then.• No wind-chill to speak of, to polish us off.
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