| 单词 | bespeak |
| 释义 | be·speak I. intransitive verb archaic < and thus bespake sweet Christabel — S.T.Coleridge > transitive verb 1. < 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. < 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 b. < 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. < 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. < murmurings that bespoke imminent rebellion > Synonyms: see indicate II. 1. 2. Britain |
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