Screed



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 冗长的演说, 长篇大论的文章
• ［英］ n. 冗长的演说, 长篇大论的文章 ( a lengthy discourse)
• ［记］ 可能来自speech ( 讲话) 和creed ( 信条) 的缩合

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English screde fragment, alteration of Old English scrēade — more at shred
• Date: circa 1789
• 1.
  • a. a lengthy discourse
  • b. an informal piece of writing (as a personal letter)
• 2. a strip (as of a plaster of the thickness planned for the coat) laid on as a guide
• 3. a leveling device drawn over freshly poured concrete

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