speech

speech
noun
  1. [mass noun]the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds
    说话;言语
    he was born deaf and without the power of speech.
    他生来就失聪,没有说话的能力。
    ■a person's style of speaking
    说话方式
    she wouldn't accept his correction of her speech.
    她不会接受他纠正她的说话方式。
  2. a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience
    演说;发言
    the headmistress made a speech about how much they would miss her.
    女校长发言说他们会非常想念她。
    ■a sequence of lines written for one character in a play
    (戏剧)台词
speechful
adjective
语源
  1. Old English spræc, sprēc, later spēc, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch spraak, German Sprache, also to speak
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