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单词 talk
释义 talk
I. \ˈtȯk\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English talken; akin to Frisian talken to talk, Old English talu tale — more at tale
transitive verb
1. : to deliver or express in speech : say, utter
 < to say that … is to talk very little sense — Charlton Laird >
 < the vice-president talked what … was sensible enough — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
2.
 a. : to make the subject of conversation or discourse : consider, discuss
  < talked books till the small hours — H.J.Laski >
  < talk the day's news — Paul Engle >
  < never … talks personalities — Elmer Davis >
  — often used with over
  < talked it over with his family — W.L.Gresham >
  < suggest … that the three of us talk the situation over — H.B.Safford >
 b. : to speak confidently or boastfully of without matching the words with performance
  < talks a good, enlightened prolabor line which … turns out to be window dressing — New Republic >
  < they don't just talk a good game, they play it — Charles Price >
3. : to use (a language) for conversing or communicating : speak
 < to talk the language well is still the indispensable accomplishment of a gentleman — E.G.Bulwer-Lytton >
 < the peculiar French patois that he talked — Aaron Copland >
 < talked Italian fluently and French like a Frenchman — G.M.Trevelyan >
4.
 a. : to bring to a specified state by talking
  < talked herself hoarse answering queries over the phone — Jane Woodfin >
  < talked him deaf, dumb, and blind >
  < talk the economy into a recession — New Republic >
 b. : to persuade, influence, or affect by talking
  < could talk the university into giving me money enough — Oliver LaFarge >
  < his own weak effort to talk himself out of what he had already decided to do — W.F.Davis >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to express, communicate, or exchange ideas or thoughts by means of spoken words : converse
  < had supper and talked until very late — Bruce Siberts & W.D.Wyman >
  < stood outside … in little groups talking — Louis Bromfield >
  — often used with to or with
  < talks to the children when they come to see him >
  < out talking with the neighbors >
 b. : to convey information or communicate with signs or with sounds made as if by talking
  < 30 deaf mutes, their faces alight … when they talk — W.F.McDermott >
  < ahead of him two flickers were talking — Steve Frazee >
  < a rawhide drum started talking in measured beats — F.B.Gipson >
  < on the flying bridge … the light began to talk to us — Vincent McHugh >
  < how to choose the book that's going to talk to him in a way he finds enjoyable — Horace Sutton >
 c. : to make sounds or noises that are suggestive of talking
  < a bracing wind … talks menacingly of storm and stress and shipwreck — Alfred Buchanan >
  < a gun was talking … filling the night with battle uproar — Alan LeMay >
2.
 a. : to use the faculty of speech : utter or make the sound of words
  < talk in human language better than many a parrot — Morris Gilbert >
  < most hard-of-hearing people … talk very loud — Eleanor B. Simmons >
  < this is a microphone … you talk straight into it — Jane Woodfin >
 b. : to speak idly or incessantly to no purpose : prate, chatter
  < all the while she talked, saying trivial, idiotic things — Louis Bromfield >
  < foolish and perverse, banal, intolerably talking on and on — H.O.Taylor >
  < and Congress talkedEconomist >
 c. : to speak to the point : say something worthwhile
  < now you're talking >
  : carry weight
  < money talks >
3.
 a. : to transmit a speculation or rumor usually about another : gossip — often used with about
  < she does not talk about others behind their backs >
 b. : to reveal secret or confidential information usually concerning unlawful acts or practices
  < he talked and revealed much valuable information to the F.B.I. — J.M.Wolfe >
  < cash-on-the-side payments … are oftentimes difficult to ascertain unless the buyer talks — M.B.Clinard >
4. : to give a talk : lecture
 < he talks on the radio and to community groups >
Synonyms: see speak

- talk at
- talk big
- talk of
- talk one's head off
- talk one's way
- talk sense
- talk through one's hat
- talk to
- talk to death
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from talken to talk
1.
 a. : the act of talking : speech, conversation
  < an opportunity to … enjoy a bit of talk — Margaret Jones >
  < asked the question … with apparent intention only of keeping talk going — Gilbert Parker >
 b. : an instance or period of such speech or conversation
  < expects to have a long talk with his old friend >
  < stops to have talks with people he knows >
2.
 a. : the utterance of words : articulation
  < writers … whose ear for the vernacular is so accurate that they can bring a whole stratum of society to life by the talk of their characters — Amy Loveman >
  < it is difficult to understand them because of their strange talk >
 b. : pointless or fruitless discussion : verbiage, chatter
  < meeting produced little but talkTime >
  < a man who has had his dinner is never a revolutionist: his politics are all talk — G.B.Shaw >
  < the drowning of one's mental disturbances in brave talk — W.J.Reilly >
3. : a formal or prearranged discussion, negotiation, or exchange of views usually of a political nature : conference, meeting
 < latest bid for Big Four talks on a … peace treaty — Current History >
 < sent word to … come in for talks at Fort King — Marjory S. Douglas >
4.
 a. : the making of often speculative statements or comment : mention, report
  < much talk of the atomic bomb — C.G.McAleer >
  < talk of acquiring a large amount of surplus war material — A.H.Lybyer >
  < all the talk we hear about quality being adversely affected — Bruce Payne >
 b. : rumor, gossip
  < only telling you the talk in our neighborhood — Mary R. Rinehart >
  < a lot too much talk going on — S.H.Adams >
5. : the topic of interested comment, conversation, or gossip
 < it was the talk not only of the town but of the country — Edward Bok >
 < by evening of that day the project had become the talk … of the whole community — L.B.Salomon >
 < a pert young daughter … whose adventures were common talk — L.C.Douglas >
6.
 a. : an analysis or discussion formally prepared for public presentation : speech, lecture
  < at the first American Writers' Congress … he gave a talk on “The Tradition of American Literature” — C.I.Glicksberg >
  < broadcasts a weekly inspirational talk called “The Art of Living” — Bernard Kalb >
 b. : written analysis or discussion presented in an informal or conversational manner
  < here is timeless old England … given in such lists and such talk as only this writer can command — New York Herald Tribune Book Review >
  < wrote a book called Talks to Teachers >
7. : communicative sounds or signs resembling or functioning as talk
 < heard a scuffle and then a good deal of pheasant talk up a hill among some huge boulders — Dillon Ripley >
 < lake ships use a whistle talk that consists of 450 different signals — H.F.Unger >
 < occasional slang signs with which a deaf person … intersperses his talk — J.S.Long >
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