单词 | on speaking terms |
释义 | speak /spēk/intransitive verb (pat spoke or (archaic or dialect) spake; pap spōˈken or (archaic) spoke)
A particular jargon or style of language, such as technospeak, doublespeak, airspeak, seaspeak, etc ORIGIN: Late OE specan (for sprecan); Ger sprechen speakˈable adjective
speakˈer noun
speakˈership noun The office of speaker speakˈing noun
Able to speak a particular language, as in English-speaking speakˈingly adverb speakˈeasy noun (US) During Prohibition, an illicit bar selling alcohol, a shebeen speakˈerphone noun A type of telephone using a combined loudspeaker and microphone speaking clock noun A British telephone service which states the exact time when dialled speaking tube noun A tube for speaking through to another room speakˈing-voice noun The kind of voice normally used in speaking on speaking terms see under term so to speak As one might put it, as it were speak a ship To hail and speak to someone on board her speak fair (archaic) To address in conciliatory terms speak for
speak in tongues see under tongue speak one's mind see under mind speak out To speak boldly, freely, unreservedly, or so as to be easily heard (speakˈout noun) speak the same language see under language speak to
speak up
to speak of Worth mentioning term /tûrm/noun
To call, designate ORIGIN: Fr terme a limit, from L terminus a boundary termˈer noun
termˈless adjective
termˈly adjective and adverb noun A publication appearing once a term termˈor or (obsolete) termˈer noun A person who holds an estate for a term of years or for life term assurance noun A usu cheap form of life insurance which pays out only if the insured dies within the period specified term day noun A day of the year fixed for some purpose, such as payment of rent, the beginning or end of a tenancy, hiring of servants, household removals term of art noun A term having a special meaning in a certain art, craft, etc, a technical term term of years noun An interest or estate in land for a fixed period terms of reference see under refer terms of trade plural noun Relation between export and import prices in national accounts termˈ-time noun and adjective bring to terms To compel to the acceptance of conditions come to terms
come to terms with To find a way of living with (some personal trouble or difficulty) eat one's terms see under eat in terms
in terms of
keep a term To give the regular attendance during a period of study longˈ- or shortˈ-termer A person serving respectively a long or short prison sentence make terms To reach an agreement on speaking terms
on terms
stand upon terms To insist upon conditions |
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