| 单词 | to speak to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto speak to —— to speak to —— 1. To address words or discourse to (a person); to talk to, converse with. to speak to (see quot. 1837), so as to have conversation or personal acquaintance with one. Frequently in the phr. ‘to know (one) to speak to’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] to speak to ——c825 speakc950 to speak with ——971 to speak unto ——c1386 entertain1553 to stand with ——1564 wissel1571 discourse1677 dialogue1681 converse1718 c825 Vesp. Psalter xlix. 7 [Ic] sprecu to Israhela folce. 971 Blickl. Hom. 141 Heo spræc to þæm weorode & cwæþ [etc.]. OE Beowulf 1171 Þu on sælum wes..ond to Geatum spræc mildum wordum. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) x. 25 Ic spece [c1160 speke] to eow & ge ne gelyfað. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 925 After ðis spac god to abram. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xiv. 3 He that prophecieth, spekith to men. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11964 Sai þou; i der noght til him speke. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xxiii. 69 I wold haue spoke to them but I ne myght nought. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. i iiijv Thus to the Cardinall he spake. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. f. 13v If..you resalute not a friend, he will speake no more to you. a1635 R. Sibbes Heavenly Conf. (1656) 15 When he speaks aloof to her, she answereth aloof to him. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxv. 216 Commanded by a Voice, as one man speaketh to another. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless I. xiv. 165 What reply she made I do not know, being speaking to Wildly at the same time. 1837 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 21 How I remember the first time I ever saw you ‘to speak to’. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xxvi. 342 It was too late that night to speak to her. 2. With of, on, or about (a matter, etc.). ΚΠ c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10466 Þatt fir. Þatt sannt iohan bapptisste. Spacc offe to þa sanderrmenn. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 3204 What Scholen we don of this mateer That he to vs spak of now heer? 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 727/1 I speke to him of my busynes. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. ix. 17 Behold the man whom I spake to thee of. View more context for this quotation 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 492/1 I have..spoke to the King of England..about your Friend. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 234 They spake to me of the various Works of Nature. 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 448 I also spoke to the principal surgeons..on the subject of vaccination. 1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children iv. 30 Whatever you wish for, you have only to speak to nurse here about it. 3. transferred or figurative; esp. to appeal to, to influence, affect, or touch. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > affect the emotions [phrase] to speak to ——a1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 23 My demerrits, May speake vnbonnited to as proud a fortune As this. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. ii. 173 More vrgent touches Do strongly speake to vs. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician I. 116 b Elogies inscribed on Tombs, speak not to the Dead, but to the Living. 1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 269 To give a more lively idea of the greatness of the victory, by speaking in some measure to the eye. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 231 How strongly it speaks to the heart. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xvi. 136 The actor had spoken to them in the eloquence of rhythmic gesture. 4. To apply to (a person) for a special purpose, esp. for help or service; to influence or bribe; spec. to propose marriage to. Cf. sense 1g. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke halsec825 askOE witnec1200 halsenc1290 calla1325 incalla1340 to speak to ——1362 interpel1382 inclepec1384 turnc1384 becallc1400 ethec1400 peala1425 movec1450 provoke1477 adjure1483 invoke1490 conjurea1500 sue1521 invocatea1530 obtest1548 obtestate1553 to throw oneself on (or upon)1592 obsecrate1598 charm1599 to cry on ——1609 behight1615 imprecate1643 impray1855 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe meedOE underorna1325 corrump1387 forbuy1393 hirec1400 wage1461 fee1487 under-arearc1503 bribe1528 grease1528 money1528 corrupt1548 budc1565 to feed with money1567 to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580 sweeten1594 to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598 over-bribe1619 to buy off1629 palter1641 to take off1646 buy1652 overmoneya1661 bub1684 to speak to ——1687 to tickle in the palm1694 daub1699 overbuy1710 touch1752 palm1767 to get at ——1780 fix1790 subsidize1793 sop1837 to buy over1848 backsheesh1850 nobble1856 square1859 hippodrome1866 see1867 boodleize1883 boodle1886 to get to ——1901 reach1906 straighten1923 lubricate1928 to keep (someone) sweet1939 sling1939 to pay off1942 bung1950 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > proposal of marriage > propose marriage to [verb (transitive)] to speak to ——1840 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 130 My Wyf..Spak to þe spinsters for to spinne hit softe. 1535 [see to speak for —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 1]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 3 Good: Speake to th' Mariners. View more context for this quotation 1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 430 Their friends having spoke to me to speak for them to the King. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 26 If you would have a lodging room there, you must speak to the Porter of the Han. 1809 Ld. Granville Let. 14 Nov. in B. Askwith Piety & Wit (1982) iv. 64 I spoke to Harriet last night; she was very nervous and so was I... She consented to my speaking to the Duke [her father]. 1840 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. 22 230/1 ‘Will you marry me?’ In fact, this very speech had been taught him by cunning Gann, who saw well enough that Swigby would speak to one or other of his daughters. c1860 Househ. Words (Flügel) When judges were corrupt,..and attorney generals were to be ‘spoken to’. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Dark Night's Work iv. 46 He had some discussion with himself as to whether he should speak to her, and so secure her promise. 1977 G. Butler Brides of Friedberg i. 12 Next day someone I would much rather have accepted spoke to me riding in the Row. But it was too late. 5. To treat of or deal with, to discuss or comment on, (a subject) in speech or writing. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > discuss (a topic) talka1387 rolla1413 descant?1532 to speak to ——1610 to speak unto ——1639 to go into ——1697 cuff1746 to speak on ——1819 tongue1841 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > write treatise about or treat of [verb (transitive)] writeOE handleOE treatc1325 treatc1374 entreatc1425 treatise1506 tract1529 pertract1542 overharl1568 entracta1572 to speak to ——1610 1610 J. Dove Advt. Seminaries 42 I desire them therefore..to speake to these foure points. 1637 P. Heylyn Briefe Answer Burton 78 For your charges,..I meane to take them..in order, and speake as briefely to them, as you would desire. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vi. §4 Though it be a subject little spoken to either by Jewish or Christian Writers. 1706 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels III. 555 Part of this Scripture hath already been spoken to. 1735 J. Swift Let. to Middleton in Wks. IV. 186 A Lawyer who speaks to a Cause, when the Matter hath been almost exhausted by those who spoke before. 1778 Earl of Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. I. 166 Unprepared as he was for such a proposition, he could not, he said, off-hand, speak to it accurately. 1869 Daily News 28 Apr. The report..was spoken to by the Most Rev. Chairman..and the Bishop of Derry. 1880 Daily News 19 Mar. 2/3 I wish to call your attention..to..that allegation, and I shall endeavour to speak to it. 6. To give (†or constitute) evidence regarding (a thing); to attest, bear testimony to. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > be or give evidence of to show forth?c1225 witnessa1300 sustain?c1425 testify1445 showa1500 manifest?a1513 make1573 argue1585 evidence1610 attesta1616 citea1616 evince1621 to speak to ——1624 1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 201 [These] speake indeed to the practise since it was in beginning. 1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 195 From the antient Greeks I know of nothing speaking to the sound of the diphthong ου. 1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 65/2 I cannot speak to the motions of the army. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. ii. 85 The witness was not allowed to speak to the consultation of that day. 1825 W. Hazlitt Spirit of Age 227 This is a nice criticism, and we cannot speak to its truth. 1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 2 Nov. 22/4 [He] asked that witnesses might be called to speak to his character. 7. To address with reproof; to admonish. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] threac897 threapc897 begripea1000 threata1000 castea1200 chaste?c1225 takec1275 blame1297 chastya1300 sniba1300 withnima1315 undernima1325 rebukec1330 snuba1340 withtakea1340 reprovec1350 chastisea1375 arate1377 challenge1377 undertake1377 reprehenda1382 repreync1390 runta1398 snapea1400 underfoc1400 to call to account1434 to put downc1440 snebc1440 uptakec1440 correptc1449 reformc1450 reprise?c1450 to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450 control1451 redarguec1475 berisp1481 to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522 checkc1530 admonish1541 nip1548 twig?1550 impreve1552 lesson1555 to take down1562 to haul (a person) over the coals1565 increpate1570 touch1570 school1573 to gather up1577 task1580 redarguate?1590 expostulate1592 tutor1599 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 to sharp up1647 round1653 threapen1671 reprimand1681 to take to task1682 document1690 chapter1693 repulse1746 twink1747 to speak to ——1753 haul1795 to pull up1799 carpet1840 rig1841 to talk to1860 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 rawhide1895 to tell off1897 to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900 to get on ——1904 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 strafe1915 tick1915 woodshed1935 to slap (a person) down1938 sort1941 bind1942 bottle1946 mat1948 ream1950 zap1961 elder1967 1753 J. Collier Art Tormenting (1811) i. ii. 67 Who, she hopes, on being spoke to, will do so no more. 1872 J. Ingelow Off Skelligs xix ‘Papa,’ he exclaimed, in a loud, plaintive voice,..‘will you speak to Giles?’ 8. Cant. To rob (a person or place); to steal. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] > steal from picka1350 lifta1529 filch1567 purloinc1571 prowl1603 touch1631 pinch1632 to pick up1687 to speak with ——1725 knock1767 shab1787 jump1789 to speak to ——1800 shake1811 spice1819 sting1819 tap1879 to knock over1928 1800 Spirit of Public Jrnls. 3 353 Twenty-four highway and footpad robberies,..none of the parties spoke to on the road able to swear positively. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 208 To speak to a person or place is to rob them, and to speak to any article is to steal it. 9. slang. (See quot. 1819.) ΚΠ 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. at Spoke Upon any great misfortune befalling a man,..his friends will say, Poor fellow, I believe he's spoke to, meaning it is all over with him. 10. Of hounds: To give indications of (a fox, scent, etc.) by barking. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (transitive)] > indicate by barking to speak to ——1845 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [verb (transitive)] > indicate prey by barking yearn1523 to speak to ——1845 1845 W. Youatt Dog iii. 78 When a hound first speaks in cover to a fox. 1883 Standard 10 Aug. 2/1 The hounds could not speak to the line. to speak to to speak to (see quot. 1837), so as to have conversation or personal acquaintance with one. Frequently in the phr. ‘to know (one) to speak to’.extracted from speakv.< as lemmas |
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