单词 | lecture |
释义 | lecture /lek"cheuhr/, n. , v. , lectured, lecturing. n. 1. a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, esp. for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings. 2. a speech of warning or reproof as to conduct; a long, tedious reprimand. v.i. 3. to give a lecture or series of lectures: He spent the year lecturing to various student groups. v.t. 4. to deliver a lecture to or before; instruct by lectures. 5. to rebuke or reprimand at some length: He lectured the child regularly but with little effect. [1375-1425; late ME < ML lectura a reading. See LECTION, -URE] Syn. 1. address, talk, paper, oratim, discourse. 4. address, teach. 5. admonish; hector. |
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