单词 | fluency |
释义 | fluencyn. The quality or state of flowing or being fluent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] speedOE fulsomenesslOE wonea1300 fulsomeheada1325 cheapc1325 largitya1382 plenteousnessa1382 plenteoustea1382 plentya1382 abundancec1384 affluencec1390 largenessc1400 uberty?a1412 aboundingc1425 fullness1440 copiousness1447 rifenessc1450 copy1484 abundancy?1526 copiosity1543 plentifulness1555 ampleness1566 umberty?1578 acquire1592 amplitude1605 plentitude1609 plenitude1614 fertility1615 profluence1623 fluency1624 flushness1662 rowtha1689 sonsea1689 affluentness1727 raff1801 richness1814 a. 1624 P. Massinger Bond-man ii. iii. sig. E4 Thou, Gracculo, Hast fluencie of Language. 1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Iob xii. 16 in Paraphr. Divine Poems Those who grow old in fluency and ease. 1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder 20 Fluency in teares. 1658 F. Osborne Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & James in Wks. (1673) 511 The Indies themselves would in time want fluency to feed so immense a prodigality. 1726 Bradley Gardening App. 23 This last operation [graffing] may be done when the sap is in its highest Fluencies. 2. (a) A smooth and easy flow; readiness, smoothness; esp. with regard to speech. (b) Absence of rigidity; ease. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > fluency profluence1568 flowing1584 slidingnessa1586 currentness1586 smoothness1589 facility1598 fluidity1603 fluency1636 profluencya1683 volubleness1727 torrentfulness1873 sonority1876 unrestraint1885 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > ease fluency1636 1636 P. Massinger Great Duke of Florence v. ii. sig. K3 You are pleas'd to shew Sir The fluencie of your language. 1733 J. Swift Thoughts on Var. Subj. in J. Swift et al. Misc. I. 301 The common Fluency of Speech in many Men. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. i. v. 34 I had learned..to write with some fluency. 1852 Ld. Cockburn Life Jeffrey I. 363 All his fluency of thought. 1878 J. W. Ebsworth in Braithwait's Strappado Introd. 27 The genuine sweetness and musical fluency of his best lyrics. 3. Readiness of utterance, flow of words. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [noun] > quality of being skilled in use of a language languagea1393 fluencya1684 linguism1819 glossolalia1879 Sprachgefühl1902 xenoglossy1914 xenoglossia1978 xenolalia1978 the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun] > skill in rhetorica1450 fluence1607 fluency1814 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 138 Dr. Collins so celebrated for his fluency in the Latine Tongue. 1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. II. 89 He had indulged his satirical fluency on the Scientific Collectors. 1834 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Ess. (1854) 293/1 The fluency and the personal advantages of the young orator. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1624 |
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