| 释义 |
spiel
I.
variant of speel
II. \ˈspēl, esp before pause or consonant -ēəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: short for bonspiel
Scotland : a curling match
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: German spielen to play, play music, gamble, from Old High German spilōn to hop, dance, play; akin to Old English spilian to revel, Old Frisian spilia to play, spil, spel play, Middle Dutch spelen to play, spel play, game, Old High German spil play
intransitive verb
1. : to play music
< with three or four you just spiel but with the whole band you got to work — Benny Goodman >
2. : to talk in a voluble often extravagant manner
< always spieling about how scientists ought to rule the world, instead of … politicians — Sinclair Lewis >
transitive verb
: to utter, express, or describe in a voluble often extravagant manner
< can quickly memorize answers to 250 questions and spiel them off long afterward — Science News Letter >
IV. noun
(-s)
: a voluble line of often extravagant talk usually intended to persuade : pitch |