单词 | speakers' corner |
释义 | > as lemmasSpeakers' Corner Speakers' Corner n. the north-east corner of Hyde Park, near Marble Arch, noted as a place where soap-box orators traditionally air their views; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > place for making speeches oratory1614 Speakers' Corner1936 1936 J. C. Goodwin One of Crowd xix. 271 Speakers' Corner is a mixed grill of apostles and propagators, of oddities and crudities, of fanatics and eccentrics. 1953 Earl Winterton Orders of Day xxii. 313 ‘Speakers' Corner’ in Hyde Park. 1982 Times 16 Mar. 10/2 The crypt of St Paul's cathedral is regaining some of its historical reputation as an ecclesiastical Speakers' Corner. < as lemmas |
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