| 单词 | tirade |
| 释义 | tirade /tuy"rayd, tuy rayd"/, n. 1. a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation: a tirade against smoking. 2. a long, vehement speech: a tirade in the Senate. 3. a passage dealing with a single theme or idea, as in poetry: the stately tirades of Corneille. [1795-1805; < F: lit., a stretch, (continuous) pulling < It tirata, n. use of fem. of tirato, ptp. of tirare to draw, pull, fire (a shot), of obscure orig.] Syn. 2. harangue, diatribe. |
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