| 单词 | union bar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunion bar c. (a) In sense 19a, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or characteristic of the Union Society at Oxford or Cambridge University’, as Union audience, Union president, Union rhetoric, Union speech, etc.; (b) in sense 19b, with the sense ‘of or belonging to the student union of a university or college’, as union bar, union cafeteria, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [noun] > hearer or listener > assembly of auditoryc1380 audiencea1387 auditurec1550 union1834 captive audience1902 the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun] rhetoricc1330 pronunciation?a1439 rhetory?a1500 well-speaking1511 oratorya1522 rhetorism1569 declaiming1577 pronouncec1600 acroama1603 eloquence1623 rhetoricalness1670 hypocritic1776 union1834 Speakership1887 oracy1965 the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > in universities music speech1693 union1834 valedictory1847 baccalaureate-sermon1864 inaugural1958 1834 Athenæum 1 Mar. 161/3 Wyatt's rooms were the scene of the Union debates. 1870 Sat. Rev. 23 Apr. 548/2 There is nothing about him savouring of the Union speech or of the Prize Essay. 1874 Belgravia Nov. 79 At Oxford he devoted himself to the cultivation of Union rhetoric. 1906 Cambr. Rev. 8 Nov. 67/2 He had not lost the power to charm a Union audience. 1958 Michigan Technic Mar. 42/2 I was sitting in the Union cafeteria when a couple of guys I know came up and said they were going to a party. 1972 A. Roth Heath & Heathmen iii. 38 The Union debate in support of the motion ‘that this House disapproves of the policy of peace without honour’. 1984 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Sept. (Educ. section) Union bars may stage promotion nights, when a drinks company will try to get you hooked on its product by..selling it at half price. 1995 H. Garner First Stone (1996) 100 As I walked down the stairs of the Union building I thought in dismay, is this what feminism has mutated into? 2009 Oxf. Mail 1 Apr. Union president Corey Dixon said: ‘We needed to ensure we had three speakers on each side of the debate.’ < as lemmas |
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