Utterance, speech; an instance of this; a voice, a cry. Also in extended use. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun] (41) reirdOE Utterance, speech; an instance of this; a voice, a cry. Also in extended use. Obsolete. voicec1330 Sound produced by the vocal organs of humans or animals and usually uttered through the mouth or nose… With an adjective denoting quality or tone… stevenc1369 Sound, noise (of singing, music, laughter). Obsolete. sound1385 In restricted sense: The auditory effect produced by the operation of the human voice; utterance, speech, or one of the separate articulations of… laita1400 Voice, sound; an instance of this. Obsolete. lively voice1532 Of instruction, teaching, communication: delivered or related verbally. Cf. live, adj.1, living, adj. Obsolete. pipe1567 In extended use. The voice or vocal cords, esp. as used in singing. Now usually in plural in colloquial use. live voice1610 the voice of a person present; the spoken word considered as a source of authority or truth; in live voice: = viva voce, adv. vocalities1667 In plural. Vocal properties or sounds, esp. as displayed in singing. squall1725 Cant. (See quot. 1725) Obsolete. vox1869 The voice. Hobson's choice1937 Hobson's choice: the option of taking the one thing offered or nothing; also rhyming slang for ‘voice’; frequently elliptical. Subcategories:— faculty of producing (1) — of an individual (1) — quality of having (2) — sound of voices (6) — utterance of vocal sound (17) — machine imitating human voice (2) |
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