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单词 harangue
释义 ha·rangue
I. \həˈraŋ, -raiŋ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English arang, from Middle French arenge, harengue, harangue, from Old Italian aringa, arenga public address, from aringare to make a speech, from aringo public square, probably from an (assumed) Germanic compound whose components are akin respectively to Gothic harjis host and to Old High German hring ring — more at harry, ring
1.
 a. : a speech addressed to a public assembly : oration, declamation
  < listening to his capacious harangue and its immaculate delivery — Sir Winston Churchill >
 b. : a bombastic ranting speech or writing
  < found it a subject for rabble-rousing harangues — W.F.Jenkins >
  < embark on emotional and frequently violent harangues — K.E.Read >
  < the long, tiresome harangue so characteristic of … books on the subject — J.H.Donnelly >
 c. : a didactic, scolding, or hortatory talk or discussion : lecture
  < launch into a brilliant harangue on the habits of trout — Honor Tracy >
  < gave me a harangue on the subject of my poor grades >
2. : an animated discussion or conversation
 < neglected to call up in the evening for our nightly harangue — Vli Beigel >
 < the morning harangues of husband-and-wife teams — M.G.Faught >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: French haranguer, from Middle French, from harangue
intransitive verb
: to make a harangue : declaim
 < poets … and philosophers recited their works, and harangued for diversion — Tobias Smollett >
transitive verb
: to address in a harangue
 < that lady was still haranguing the girl — F.M.Ford >
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