不及物動詞
- 1. 說話 please speak more slowly 請說得再慢一點 sorry, did you speak? 抱歉，你說話了嗎？
- 2. 談話 they're not speaking (to each other) 他們誰也不和誰說話了 would you prefer it if we spoke in Russian? 我們用俄語交談好嗎？
- 3. 發言 to rise to speak 起立發言 are you speaking at the conference? 你要在會上發言嗎？
- 4. 有意義 this poem speaks to me in a very special way 這首詩向我傳達了很特別的意義 the story spoke to him directly 這個故事觸動了他
及物動詞
- 1. 說; 我們沒有共同語言 can or do you speak Chinese? 你會說漢語嗎？ ‘French/Italian spoken’ “本處說法語／意大利語”
- 2. 說出; 念出 to speak the truth 說真話 to speak one's mind 說心裡話
複合形 (combining form)
- 1. 行話 computer/management/lawyerspeak 計算機業／管理界／律師的行話
同義詞
1. say something in order to convey information or to express a feeling
- talk
- , say (anything/something)
- , utter
- , state
- , declare
- , tell
- , voice
- , express
- , pronounce
- , articulate
- , enunciate
- , vocalize
- , verbalize
- , enounce
2. have a conversation
- have a conversation
- , talk
- , have a talk
- , have a discussion
- , converse
- , communicate
- , chat
- , have a chat
- , pass the time of day
- , have a word
- , gossip
- , make conversation
- , have a confab
- , chew the fat/rag
- , natter
- , have a chinwag
- , shoot the breeze
- , confabulate
3. utter (a word, message, etc.)
- talk
- , say (anything/something)
- , utter
- , state
- , declare
- , tell
- , voice
- , express
- , pronounce
- , articulate
- , enunciate
- , vocalize
- , verbalize
- , enounce
4. make a speech or contribute to a debate
- give a speech
- , give a talk
- , talk
- , lecture
- , give a lecture
- , deliver an address
- , give a sermon
- , hold forth
- , discourse
- , expound
- , expatiate
- , orate
- , harangue
- , sermonize
- , pontificate
- , spout
- , spiel
- , speechify
- , preachify
- , jaw
- , sound off
- , drone on
5. mention or discuss in speech or writing
- mention
- , make mention of
- , talk about
- , discuss
- , refer to
- , make reference to
- , bring in
- , introduce
- , remark on
- , comment on
- , allude to
- , advert to
- , deal with
- , treat
6. talk to in order to reprove or advise
- reprimand
- , rebuke
- , admonish
- , chastise
- , chide
- , upbraid
- , reprove
- , reproach
- , scold
- , remonstrate with
- , berate
- , take to task
- , pull up
- , castigate
- , lambaste
- , read someone the Riot Act
- , give someone a piece of one's mind
- , haul over the coals
- , lecture
- , criticize
- , censure
- , tell off
- , give someone a talking-to
- , give someone a telling-off
- , dress down
- , give someone a dressing-down
- , give someone an earful
- , give someone a roasting
- , give someone a rocket
- , give someone a rollicking
- , rap
- , rap over the knuckles
- , slap someone's wrist
- , send someone away with a flea in their ear
- , let someone have it
- , bawl out
- , give someone hell
- , come down on
- , blow up
- , pitch into
- , lay into
- , lace into
- , give someone a caning
- , put on the mat
- , slap down
- , blast
- , rag
- , keelhaul
- , tick off
- , have a go at
- , carpet
- , monster
- , give someone a mouthful
- , tear someone off a strip
- , give someone what for
- , give someone stick
- , wig
- , give someone a wigging
- , give someone a row
- , row
- , chew out
- , ream out
- , bollock
- , give someone a bollocking
- , chew someone's ass
- , ream someone's ass
- , call down
- , rate
- , give someone a rating
- , trim
- , reprehend
- , objurgate
7. (of behaviour, an object, etc.) serve as evidence for something
- indicate
- , mean
- , suggest
- , show
- , denote
- , display
- , demonstrate
- , be evidence of
- , register
- , reflect
- , reveal
- , betray
- , evince
- , disclose
- , exhibit
- , manifest
- , express
- , convey
- , signify
- , impart
- , bespeak
- , communicate
- , bear out
- , attest
- , testify to
- , prove
- , evidence
- , betoken
