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单词 quote
释义
verb | noun
quotequote1 /kwoʊt/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb Etymology Verb Table Collocations Thesaurus 1[intransitive, transitive] to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written:  He’s always quoting Shakespeare.quote (something) from something She quoted a short passage from the Bible. The doctor was quoted as saying he would not give the vaccine to his children. I think they’ll win, but don’t quote me (=said when what you are saying is not official).THESAURUScite formalto give the exact words of something that has been written, especially in order to support an opinion or prove an idea:  The judge cited parts of the U.S. Constitution as he read his decision in court.repeatto tell someone something that someone else has told you, using the same or different words:  “He’s planning to bring the contract over at 4:00 p.m.,” she said, repeating what Reynolds had told her.reciteto say the words of a poem, speech, or other piece of writing, for example in a ceremony or performance:  The children have to memorize and recite patriotic poems.parrotto repeat what someone says or writes in a way that shows you are not thinking for yourself:  He is good at parroting what the party leaders say, but he doesn’t have any new ideas.2[transitive] to give proof for what you are saying by mentioning a particular example of something SYN cite:  He quoted a figure of 220 deaths each year from accidents in the home.3[transitive] to tell a customer the price you will charge them for a service or productestimate: quote somebody something The other agent quoted us a lower price.4quote ... unquote spoken used when you are repeating the exact words that someone has said:  They describe themselves as quote “compassionate conservatives” unquote.5quote (also and I quote) spoken used when you are going to repeat what someone else has said, to emphasize that it is exactly the way he or she said it:  Her reaction was, and I quote, “No way.” [Origin: 1300–1400 Medieval Latin quotare, from Latin quot how many]
verb | noun
quotequote2 ●●○ AWL noun [countable] 1eng. lang. arts a quotation from a book, poem, etc.2informal a written statement of exactly how much money a service will costestimate SYN quotation3in quotes eng. lang. arts words that are in quotes are between a pair of quotation marks
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