| 单词 | speech |
| 释义 | speech n. 1. the faculty or act of speaking. 2. a formal public address. 3. a manner of speaking (a man of blunt speech). 4. a remark (after this speech he was silent). 5. the language of a nation, region, group, etc. 6. Mus. the act of sounding in an organ-pipe etc. Phrases and idioms the Queen's (or King's) Speech a statement including the Government's proposed measures read by the sovereign at the opening of Parliament. speech day Brit. an annual prize-giving day in many schools, usu. marked by speeches etc. speech-reading lip-reading. speech therapist a person who practises speech therapy. speech therapy treatment to improve defective speech. speech-writer a person employed to write speeches for a politician etc. to deliver. Derivatives speechful adj. Etymology: OE spr{aelig}c, later spec f. WG, rel. to SPEAK |
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