| 单词 | to speak up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto speak up to speak up 1. To speak strongly for (= on behalf of, in defence of) a person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > intercede or use influence for [verb (transitive)] entreata1425 mediate1578 to put ina1616 to speak up1705 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 17 Oct. (O.H.S.) I. 57 I spoke up for him. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xliv. 509 It's all very well for you to speak up for him... You'll get a fortune by him. 2. To raise the voice in speaking; to talk boldly or unreservedly; to break into speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > begin to speak upbreakc1275 to set spell on enda1300 gina1333 to take up (one's) parablea1382 braidc1400 to take up the word1477 begin1563 exordiate1594 to speak upa1723 to lug out1787 to speak out1792 upspeak1827 exordize1887 shoot1915 open1926 to come in1949 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > speak loudly or angrily thundera1340 raisec1384 to speak outc1515 jowlc1540 fulmine1623 to talk big1680 tang1686 to speak upa1723 to go ona1753 rip1828 whalea1852 yap1864 to rip and tear1884 megaphone1901 to pop off1914 foghorn1918 to sound off1918 loudmouth1931 woof1934 a1723 in Child Ballads III. 135/2 Speak up, jolly blade, never fear. 1863 Mrs. H. Wood Trevlyn Hold II. 226 Timid Mrs. Chattaway..spoke up to the rescue. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. i. 62 Out he stepped to your father's side, and spoke right up before the King. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 24 Up spake the soul of a gray Gothavn 'speckshioner. < as lemmas |
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