[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
[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
slightly acquainted 泛泛之交的
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
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。