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单词 declaim
释义 de·claim
\də̇ˈklām, dēˈ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: alteration (influenced by claim) of earlier declame, from Middle English declamen, from Latin declamare, from de down, away + clamare to cry out; akin to Latin calare to call — more at de-, low (to moo)
intransitive verb
1. : to speak or make a speech in a rhetorical manner : deliver an oration
 < some of the province's most illustrious men visited the courthouse and declaimed within its four walls — Hazel Y. Grinnell >
specifically : to recite a speech or poem as an exercise in elocution
 < he took to writing verse and was chosen to declaim on occasions both public and private — Raymond Weaver >
2. : to speak for rhetorical effect or display : speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically : harangue
 < in presence of this historical fact it is foolish to declaim about natural rights — V.L.Parrington >
: inveigh
 < declaiming against the horrors of the place — C.D.Lewis >
transitive verb
: to deliver (as an oration) in a rhetorical manner : utter rhetorically
 < have forgotten the exact moment when he declaimed his quotation — Thomas Wood †1950 >
specifically : to recite as an exercise in elocution
 < all these people declaiming selections from Shakespeare — Ellen Glasgow >
de·claim·er \-mə(r)\ noun -s
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