| 单词 | aloud |
| 释义 | aloud (once / 203 pages) adv If you read something aloud you use your voice, not just your eyes. You might feel shy reading your poems aloud in front of strangers. Aloud used to mean "very loudly," but now we use it to mean "speaking voice" as opposed to the silent voice of our thoughts. You might have to read something aloud to your grandmother if she's having trouble with her eyes. If you accidentally said something that you meant to keep to yourself, you were thinking aloud. If something is terribly painful, you might cry aloud — unable to contain yourself. WORD FAMILYaloud: alouds USAGE EXAMPLESLikewise, he wonders aloud why music “appears to leap ahead of where it should logically be in the hierarchy of needs.” Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The silence of the march was punctuated by demonstrators who spoke each name aloud. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Reading a book aloud to the children, she prompted them to recall facts about trees that they’d learned in an earlier session. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adv using the voice; not silently please read the passage aloud Syn out loud 2adv with relatively high volume cried aloud for help Syn|Ant loud, loudly quietly, softly with low volume |
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