spake 音标拼音: [sp'ek]
speak 的过去式
speak 的过去式
Spake \
Spake \,
archaic imp .
of {
Speak }.
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Speak \
Speak \,
v .
i . [
imp . {
Spoke }({
Spake }
Archaic );
p .
p .
{
Spoken }({
Spoke },
Obs .
or Colloq .);
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Speaking }.] [
OE .
speken ,
AS .
specan ,
sprecan ;
akin to OF .
ries .
spreka ,
D .
spreken ,
OS .
spreken ,
G .
sprechen ,
OHG .
sprehhan ,
and perhaps to Skr .
sph [=
u ]
rj to crackle ,
to thunder .
Cf . {
Spark }
of fire , {
Speech }.]
1 .
To utter words or articulate sounds ,
as human beings ;
to express thoughts by words ;
as ,
the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak .
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Till at the last spake in this manner . --
Chaucer .
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Speak ,
Lord ;
for thy servant heareth . --
1 Sam .
iii .
9 .
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2 .
To express opinions ;
to say ;
to talk ;
to converse .
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That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set ,
as the tradesmen speak . --
Boyle .
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An honest man ,
is able to speak for himself ,
when a knave is not . --
Shak .
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During the century and a half which followed the Conquest ,
there is ,
to speak strictly ,
no English history . --
Macaulay .
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3 .
To utter a speech ,
discourse ,
or harangue ;
to adress a public assembly formally .
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Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty . --
Clarendon .
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4 .
To discourse ;
to make mention ;
to tell .
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Lycan speaks of a part of Caesar '
s army that came to him from the Leman Lake . --
Addison .
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5 .
To give sound ;
to sound .
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Make all our trumpets speak . --
Shak .
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6 .
To convey sentiments ,
ideas ,
or intelligence as if by utterance ;
as ,
features that speak of self -
will .
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Thine eye begins to speak . --
Shak .
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{
To speak of },
to take account of ,
to make mention of .
--
Robynson (
More '
s Utopia ).
{
To speak out },
to speak loudly and distinctly ;
also ,
to speak unreservedly .
{
To speak well for },
to commend ;
to be favorable to .
{
To speak with },
to converse with . "
Would you speak with me ?"
--
Shak .
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Syn :
To say ;
tell ;
talk ;
converse ;
discourse ;
articulate ;
pronounce ;
utter .
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