| 单词 | tirade |
| 释义 | tirade (once / 4082 pages) n A tirade is a speech, usually consisting of a long string of violent, emotionally charged words. Borrow and lose your roommate’s clothes one too many times, and you can bet you’ll be treated to a heated tirade. The noun tirade is related to the Italian word tirata, which means "volley." So imagine a very angry person lobbing harsh words and strings of profanity in your direction when you want to remember what tirade means. Although, tirades don't necessarily have to include bad words — any long, drawn out speech or epic declaration can be called a tirade. WORD FAMILYtirade: tirades USAGE EXAMPLES“Secretary Kerry’s speech today was at best a pointless tirade in the waning days of an outgoing administration,” said Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Detroit’s fiery rapper got political on his latest drop, a searing eight-minute tirade titled “Campaign Speech.” Time(Dec 23, 2016) Still, those words provide a notion of Trump’s self-image and, in conjunction with his Twitter tirades, a rough contour of his China strategy. The New Yorker(Dec 21, 2016) n a speech of violent denunciation Syn|Hyper broadside, philippic denouncement, denunciation a public act of denouncing declamationvehement oratory |
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