speech/spiːtʃ/

n

1. C 说话；谈话；发言；演说

• I had a speech with him yesterday. 昨天我和他谈过话。

• He made a speech on economic development. 他作了关于经济发展的讲话。

2. U 言语，说话能力

• Only humans are capable of speech. 只有人类具有语言能力。

• He lost his speech in an illness. 他在一场病中失去了说话能力。

3. U 方言；专门语言

• Amercian speech 美语

• country speech 乡土话

4. U 说话方式

• His speech is slurred. 他说话口齿不清。

• Some young men are sloppy in their speech. 有一些年轻人说话太随便。

5. C 台词

• He was so nervous that he forgot his speeches. 他过于紧张，把台词都忘掉了。