英语词汇“to speak like a book”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

i. colloquial. to speak (also talk) like a book: (a) to speak elegantly; to use literary or pedantic language in conversation; (b) to speak knowledgeably and accurately, with full or precise information.

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1714 J. Ozell tr. Molière Don John i. in tr. Molière Wks. VI. 10 Body o' me, how you talk? One would think you had learn't this by Heart; you speak like a Book.

1796 J. Beresford tr. Comtesse de Genlis Knights of Swan I. xi. 75 You must know that Colin, who has travelled so much, speaks like a book.

1829 Massachusetts Spy 28 Jan. You talk like a book, Mr. Bond.

1833 J. Neal Down-easters 26 An educated and travelled Yankee..talking like a book, even to his washerwoman.

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. vii. xxi. 281 ‘If you can contrive to affect to be angry with him for his extravagance, it will do good.’ ‘You speak like a book, and I'll try my best.’

1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood i. i. 25 Don't you talk like a book, Mr. Jimmy... Don't you go using long words.

1960 Sunday Times 27 Nov. 11 ‘Speaks Welsh like a book, the professor’—and, what's more, he also writes it like a book though he learnt it late in life.

2006 M. French In Name of Friendship iv. 47 Oh, the way she talks, like a book, she talks in goddamned paragraphs!

单词	to speak like a book
释义	> as lemmas to speak (also talk) like a book i. colloquial. to speak (also talk) like a book: (a) to speak elegantly; to use literary or pedantic language in conversation; (b) to speak knowledgeably and accurately, with full or precise information. ΚΠ 1714 J. Ozell tr. Molière Don John i. in tr. Molière Wks. VI. 10 Body o' me, how you talk? One would think you had learn't this by Heart; you speak like a Book. 1796 J. Beresford tr. Comtesse de Genlis Knights of Swan I. xi. 75 You must know that Colin, who has travelled so much, speaks like a book. 1829 Massachusetts Spy 28 Jan. You talk like a book, Mr. Bond. 1833 J. Neal Down-easters 26 An educated and travelled Yankee..talking like a book, even to his washerwoman. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. vii. xxi. 281 ‘If you can contrive to affect to be angry with him for his extravagance, it will do good.’ ‘You speak like a book, and I'll try my best.’ 1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood i. i. 25 Don't you talk like a book, Mr. Jimmy... Don't you go using long words. 1960 Sunday Times 27 Nov. 11 ‘Speaks Welsh like a book, the professor’—and, what's more, he also writes it like a book though he learnt it late in life. 2006 M. French In Name of Friendship iv. 47 Oh, the way she talks, like a book, she talks in goddamned paragraphs! extracted from bookn. < as lemmas
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