speaking

speaking
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action of conveying information or expressing one's thoughts and feelings in spoken language
    讲话;谈话
    ■the activity of delivering speeches or lectures
    演讲
    public speaking.
    公共演讲。
adjective
  1. [attrib.]used for or engaged in speech
    讲话的
    you have a clear speaking voice.
    你说话声音清楚。
    ■conveying meaning as though in words
    富有深意的
    she gave him a speaking look.
    她富有深意地看了他一眼。
    ■(of a portrait) so like the subject as to seem to be alive and capable of speech
    (画像)逼真的;栩栩如生的
    a speaking likeness.
    栩栩如生的画像。
    ■[in combination]able to communicate in a specified language
    讲某种语言的
    an English-speaking guide.
    一个英文导游。
常用词组
on speaking terms
  1. slightly acquainted
    泛泛之交的
  2. sufficiently friendly to talk to each other
    关系不错;友好
    she parted from her mother barely on speaking terms.
    她和母亲分开时几乎连话都不讲了。
—— speaking
  1. used to indicate the degree of accuracy intended in a statement or the point of view from which it is made
    就…来说,对…而言,…说来
    broadly speaking, there are three major models for local-central relations.
    从广义上而言,有三种主要的地方-中央关系模式。
speaking in tongues
  1. another term for glossolalia
    同 glossolalia
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