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speak [spoke, spoken, speaking, speaks] (to be able to communicate in a language) verb [UK: spiːk] [US: ˈspiːk] | 会讲 /huìjiǎng/verb 會講verb |
speak [spoke, spoken, speaking, speaks] (to communicate with one's voice using words) verb [UK: spiːk] [US: ˈspiːk] | 說verb 說話verb 講verb 講話verb 讲 /jiǎng/verb 讲话 /jiǎnghuà/verb 说 /shuō/verb 说话 /shuōhuà/verb |
speak highly (praise) verb | 称赞 /chēngzàn/verb 稱讚verb |
speak of the devil (expression used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive) phrase | Cáo Cāo arrives.)phrase Cáo Cāo dào/phrase 說曹操,曹操到phrase 说曹操,曹操到 /shuō Cáo Cāophrase |
speakeasy (illegal saloon operated during the Prohibition period) noun [UK: ˈspiːk.ˌiː.zɪ] [US: ˈspiːk.iː.ziː] | 美国非法地下酒吧 /Měiguó fēifǎ dìxià jiǔbā/noun 美國非法地下酒吧noun |
speaker [speakers] (loudspeaker, see also: loudspeaker) noun [UK: ˈspiːkə(r)] [US: ˈspiːkər] | 喇叭 /lǎba/noun 揚聲器noun 音箱 /yīnxiāng/noun |
speaker [speakers] (one who makes a speech to an audience) noun [UK: ˈspiːkə(r)] [US: ˈspiːkər] | 发言者 /fāyánzhě/noun 报告人 /bàogào rén/noun 演說者noun 演講人noun 演说者 /yǎnshuōzhě/noun 發言者noun 講員noun 讲员 /jiǎngyuán/noun |
speaker [speakers] (one who speaks) noun [UK: ˈspiːkə(r)] [US: ˈspiːkər] | 報告人noun 廣播員noun 报告人 /bàogàorén/noun |
speaker [speakers] (politics: the chair or presiding officer) noun [UK: ˈspiːkə(r)] [US: ˈspiːkər] | 議長noun 议长 /yìzhǎng/noun |
speaking (the act of speaking) noun [UK: ˈspiːkɪŋ] [US: ˈspiːkɪŋ] | 說noun 講noun 讲 /jiǎng/noun |