Speech

(noun.) (language) communication by word of mouth; 'his speech was garbled'; 'he uttered harsh language'; 'he recorded the spoken language of the streets'.

(noun.) the exchange of spoken words; 'they were perfectly comfortable together without speech'.

(noun.) something spoken; 'he could hear them uttering merry speeches'.

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• I beg you will not do anything of the kind, Tertius, said Rosamond, looking at him with something more marked than usual in her speech. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• After this strange speech, she lay silent for some time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Two things displeased Cedric in this speech. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• His speech had been whispered, broken, and indistinct; but by a great effort he had made it plain enough to be unmistakeable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The idea did not originate in my own discernment, I am bound to confess, but in a speech of Rosa Dartle's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Another pause therefore of many minutes' duration, succeeded this speech, and Lucy was still the first to end it. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• This was the sum of my speech, delivered with great improprieties and hesitation. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• She paused again, a little breathless with the unwonted length of her speech, and sat with her lips slightly parted and a deep blush on her cheeks. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Here Sam sat down with a pleasant smile, and his speech having been vociferously applauded, the company broke up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Ancient remains point to a much wider distribution of the Basque speech and people over Spain. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Gerty knelt beside her, waiting, with the patience born of experience, till this gust of misery should loosen fresh speech. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• She held her breath to hear the end of his speech. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Crispin listened to this speech without moving a muscle, but a strange look came into his eyes. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• A word in earnest is as good as a speech. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• They understood how difficult it is to transmit knowledge without putting initiative in jeopardy and that quiet int ellect is easily dismayed in the presence of bold speech. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• You have no idea how these enigmatic speeches pique my curiosity. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• But this good old Mr. Woodhouse, I wish you had heard his gallant speeches to me at dinner. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Party speeches were delivered, which clothed the question in cant, and veiled its simple meaning in a woven wind of words. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• They made speeches, and passed resolutions, and put their names down, and printed off thousands of prospectuses. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• These were all the speeches that were made, and I recommend them to parties who present policemen with gold watches, as models of brevity and point. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Rosamond had a placid but strong answer to such speeches. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Papers containing reports of these speeches immediately reached the Northern States, and they were republished. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We had one of those celebrated dinners that only Mr. Childs could give, and I heard speeches from Charles Francis Adams and different people. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• One longs to be high-flown, and make speeches like Corneille, after it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I only puzzle them, and oblige them to make civil speeches. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• These speeches of Mr. Davis were not long in reaching Sherman. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Speeches were in order, but it is doubtful whether it would have been safe just then to make other than patriotic ones. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• His speeches began to turn on platitudes--on the vague idealism and indisputable moralities of the Decalogue and the Sermon on the Mount. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Of all his playful speeches (playful, yet always fully meaning what they expressed) none seemed to be more to the taste of Mr. Jarndyce than this. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Only one of my stupid speeches. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

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