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单词 lecture
释义 lec·ture
I. \ˈlekchə(r), -kshə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin lectura, from lectus (past participle of legere to gather, select, read) + -ura -ure — more at legend
1. archaic
 a.
  (1) : the act of reading : perusal
   < that face whose lecture shows what perfect beauty is — Philip Sidney >
  (2) : something read or perused
   < would limit … the Latin lectures to selected plays — Catherine Macaulay >
 b.
  (1) : the act of reading aloud
   < her tongue faltered: the lecture flowed unevenly — Charlotte Brontë >
  (2) : something read aloud
   < then came a lecture out of some pious writer — Daniel Rock >
2.
 a. : a discourse given before an audience especially for instruction
  < resources for growth … in books, exhibits, conferences, lectures — Gertrude H. Hildreth >
  < lecture hall >
 b. archaic : a course of lectures usually given regularly in accordance with the terms of their foundation : lectureship
3.
 a. : an instructional discourse given by a member of a college or university faculty
  < are still using lectures to pass out information — Lynn White >
  < the lecture method >
  < a lecture course >
 b. : a college or university class; especially : one at which a lecture is given
  < students … carrying only one subject or a short series of lectures — L.L.Bethel >
 c. obsolete : a private lesson
  < attends every morning to give him a lecture upon speaking — Samuel Foote >
4. obsolete : an instructive example
 < heaven means to make one half of the species a moral lecture to the other — Edward Young >
5. : a severe or formal reproof : reprimand, scolding
 < was giving the rest of the family a sharp-tongued lecture — Eve Langley >
II. verb
(lectured ; lectured ; lecturing \-kchəriŋ, -ksh(ə)riŋ\ ; lectures)
intransitive verb
: to deliver a lecture or a course of lectures
 < found time to lecture at various colleges — J.C.Archer >
transitive verb
1. : to deliver a lecture to
 < lecturing a group of tourists — Jack Goodman >
2. : to reprove severely or formally : rebuke, reprimand
 < she's always lecturing me — S.N.Behrman >
 < was mildly lectured for his part in the escapade >
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