英语词汇“not to speak a word of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

f. In (chiefly negative) contexts relating to language proficiency: the slightest amount of a particular language. Frequently in not to speak (also know, understand, etc.) a word of.

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1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 56 Most of the Inhabitants can no word of Cornish.

1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen 155 I hope, there is a Possibility of finding her, because she cannot speak one Word of English.

1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 8 They knew not a word of the Malay tongue.

1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 222 His loudest applauders were..stupids..who scarcely could speak a word of French.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 182 Even the priest, a Bulgarian, did not know a word of Greek.

1900 W. S. Churchill London to Ladysmith 190 Worst of all, I could not speak a word of Dutch..and how was I to get food or direction?

2003 J. Burdett Bangkok 8 (2004) xxvii. 260 I'd never been outside Thailand and I hardly spoke a word of English.

单词	not to speak a word of
释义	> as lemmas not to speak (also know, understand, etc.) a word of f. In (chiefly negative) contexts relating to language proficiency: the slightest amount of a particular language. Frequently in not to speak (also know, understand, etc.) a word of. ΚΠ 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 56 Most of the Inhabitants can no word of Cornish. 1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen 155 I hope, there is a Possibility of finding her, because she cannot speak one Word of English. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 8 They knew not a word of the Malay tongue. 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 222 His loudest applauders were..stupids..who scarcely could speak a word of French. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 182 Even the priest, a Bulgarian, did not know a word of Greek. 1900 W. S. Churchill London to Ladysmith 190 Worst of all, I could not speak a word of Dutch..and how was I to get food or direction? 2003 J. Burdett Bangkok 8 (2004) xxvii. 260 I'd never been outside Thailand and I hardly spoke a word of English. extracted from wordn.int. < as lemmas
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