| 单词 | speaker |
| 释义 | speaker (once / 414 pages) 1n 2n A speaker is someone who delivers a speech or a device that makes sounds louder. The speaker gave a great speech but you couldn't hear it because the speaker was turned off. Speaker has a few different meanings, from the person who addresses a group, to the piece of equipment that amplifies sound to someone who is fluent in a particular language. For example, a native Spanish speaker can usually tell if someone learned the language in high school because textbooks don't always include the slang and idioms of everyday speech. WORD FAMILYspeaker: speakers, speakership+/misspeak: misspeaking, misspeaks/speak: misspeak, speakable, speaker, speaking, speaks, spoke, spoken/speakable: speakably, unspeakable/speaking: nonspeaking, speakingly, speakings/spoke: spokes/spoken: spokenest, spokenly, unspoken/unspeakable: unspeakably USAGE EXAMPLESHe was re-elected twice without opposition, serving as speaker of the House in his third term. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Ryan will almost certainly re-emerge as speaker in Tuesday’s floor vote. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) The speakers at Heritage that day differed in the degree of optimism they allowed themselves. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 n someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) 2the speaker at commencement Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer Aesop Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC) Edmund BurkeBritish statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797) Marcus Tullius Ciceroa Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC) DemosthenesAthenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC) Patrick Henrya leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799) IsocratesAthenian rhetorician and orator (436-338 BC) Helen Adams KellerUnited States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968) Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von MunchhausenGerman raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797) alliterator a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration caller, caller-up, phoner, telephonerthe person initiating a telephone call babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouteran obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozersomeone skilled at conversation dictatora speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine drawlersomeone who speaks with a drawl driveller, jabberersomeone whose talk is trivial drivel ejaculatora speaker who utters a sudden exclamation growlera speaker whose voice sounds like a growl asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier, questionersomeone who asks a question lecturersomeone who lectures professionally lispera speaker who lisps mentionera speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally motormouthsomeone who talks incessantly mumbler, murmurer, mutterera person who speaks softly and indistinctly narrator, storyteller, tellersomeone who tells a story orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmakera person who delivers a speech or oration prattlersomeone who speaks in a childish way ranter, raversomeone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner recitersomeone who recites from memory native speakera speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood stammerer, stutterersomeone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions stentora speaker with an unusually loud voice talking heada talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen ventera speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance vociferatora loud and vehement speaker (usually in protest) voicera speaker who voices an opinion wailera mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries whispererone who speaks in a whisper informant, witness, witnessersomeone who sees an event and reports what happened eulogist, panegyristan orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics anecdotist, raconteura person skilled in telling anecdotes attestant, attestersomeone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something cross-examiner, cross-questionersomeone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier) deipnosophistsomeone skilled at informal chitchat elocutionista public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery examiner, quizzer, testersomeone who administers a test to determine your qualifications fabulista person who tells or invents fables griota storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village haranguera public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech inquisitor, interrogatora questioner who is excessively harsh conversational partner, interlocutora person who takes part in a conversation interviewera person who conducts an interview canvasser, headcounter, poll taker, pollstersomeone who conducts surveys of public opinion spellbinderan orator who can hold his listeners spellbound deponent, deposer, testifiera person who testifies or gives a deposition tub-thumpera noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker articulator someone who pronounces words n electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance Syn|Hypo|Hyper loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, speaker system, speaker unit bullhorn, loud hailer, loud-hailer a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier intercom speaker, squawk box, squawkerthe loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system subwoofera loudspeaker that is designed to reproduce very low bass frequencies tannoya loudspeaker tweetera loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds woofera loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds electro-acoustic transducer a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa Speaker (once / 1068 pages) n WORD FAMILY Speaker: Speakers USAGE EXAMPLESBut Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and other Assembly Republicans argue everything, including tolling and tax and fee increases, should be considered. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Wisconsin assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who was a college roommate of Priebus’s, described him as “a shrewd operator, in the best sense of the word.” Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Greitens also backs banning lobbyist gifts to elected officials, a top priority of House Speaker Todd Richardson that failed in the Senate in 2016. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives Hyper presiding officer the leader of a group meeting |
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