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单词 speaker
释义 speak·er
\ˈspēkə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English speker, from speken to speak + -er
1.
 a. : one that speaks
  < an excellent speaker of French >
 b. : a person who addresses an audience : one who makes a public speech
  < the speaker of the evening >
  < a forceful and logical speaker >
 c. : one who acts as a spokesman for others; specifically : a spokesman for an Indian nation or people in a council
2. : the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; especially : the presiding officer of a popularly elected legislative body
 < the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the leader of the majority party in that body — W.S.Sayre >
 < the speaker of the English House of Commons … long ago became a wholly disinterested and impartial moderator — F.A.Ogg & P.O.Ray >
3. : a book of selections for declamation
 < the readers and speakers used in the academies and colleges — E.C.Shoemaker >
4. : loudspeaker
 < from the speaker came a crackling static — Wirt Williams >
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