英语词汇“bespeak”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	bespeak
释义	be·speak I. \bə̇ˈspēk, bē-\ verb (be·spoke \-pōk\ ; or archaic be·spake \-pāk\ ; be·spo·ken \-pōkən\ ; or archaic bespoke ; bespeaking ; bespeaks) Etymology: Middle English bespeken, from Old English bespecan, besprecan to speak about, accuse of, complain, from be- + specan, sprecan to speak — more at speak *intransitive verb* archaic : speak < and thus bespake sweet Christabel — S.T.Coleridge > *transitive verb* 1. : to arrange for in advance : hire or engage beforehand : order < if the place is not bespoken you will be welcome — O.W.Holmes †1935 > < the taxi bespoken by cousin Francis to drive him back again to the station — Elizabeth Bowen > : lay claim to beforehand < the Rockefellers, the Fricks, the Morgans entered the North Star Country … bespeaking the ore “forever” — Meridel Le Sueur > 2. : to speak to especially with some formality : address < sends one of his friends to bespeak the girl to whom he has been betrothed — A.H.J.Prins > < we were bespoken through public address megaphones and told what to do — Christopher Morley > 3. a. obsolete : to request or engage (a person) to do something b. : request : ask for < bespeak a favor > < he bespoke me a job with Flood the next time he met him — Andy Adams > < bespeaking Federal assistance in the problem — New York Times > : request to know : ask about < the letter Sir Austin lifted his head from to bespeak his son's wishes — George Meredith > 4. a. : to give evidence of : testify to : indicate, signify, reveal < noise is the loud laugh that bespeaks the empty mind — O.S.J.Gogarty > < shrugged in that faint way which bespoke total indifference — Marcia Davenport > < these names bespeak the quality and sincerity of this compilation — J.C.Smith > b. : to speak of or show beforehand : foretell, portend < murmurings that bespoke imminent rebellion > Synonyms: see indicate II. noun (-s) 1. : a request (as by an actor's patrons) for the presentation of a particular play to be given usually as a benefit performance 2. Britain : a request made to a lending library by a borrower for the loan of a book when it is available
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