Declaim



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.高谈阔论
• ［英］ v.高谈阔论（to speak in a pompous way）
• ［记］ de+claim ( 喊) -> 喊下去 -> 高谈阔论
• ［同］ 同根词: proclaim ( 宣传) ; acclaim ( 欢呼)

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English declamen, from Latin declamare, from de- + clamare to cry out; akin to Latin calare to call — more at low
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to speak rhetorically; specifically to recite something as an exercise in elocution
  • 2. to speak pompously or bombastically ; harangue
• transitive verb
  • to deliver rhetorically <an actor declaiming his lines>; specifically to recite in elocution
• ? declaimer noun
• ? declamation noun

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