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单词 speak one's mind
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mind /mīnd/

noun
  1. The state of thought and feeling
  2. Wits, right senses, sanity
  3. Consciousness
  4. Intellect
  5. That which thinks, knows, feels, and wills
  6. Inclination
  7. Attention
  8. Direction of the will
  9. Soul
  10. Personality
  11. A thinking or directing person
  12. Memory
  13. Commemoration (archaic or RC)
  14. Record, mention (obsolete)
  15. Thought
  16. Judgement
  17. Opinion
  18. Purpose (Shakespeare and Milton)
transitive verb
  1. To attend to
  2. To tend, have care or oversight of
  3. To be careful about
  4. To beware of
  5. To remind (archaic and Scot)
  6. To bring to mind (Spenser)
  7. To remember (Scot)
  8. (reflexive) to remember (with of; archaic)
  9. To purpose (Shakespeare)
  10. To have a mind to (dialect)
  11. To apply oneself to
  12. To be troubled by, object to, dislike
  13. To notice (obsolete or dialect)
intransitive verb
  1. To attend
  2. To care
  3. To look out, take heed
  4. To be troubled, object
  5. To remember (with of; dialect)
interjection

Be careful, watch out

ORIGIN: OE gemynd, from munan to think; Dan minde memorial, L mēns the mind

mindˈed adjective

  1. Inclined
  2. Disposed
combining form

Denoting having a mind of a specified kind or inclination

-mindedness combining form

Denoting inclination

mindˈer noun

  1. A person who minds a machine, child, etc
  2. A bodyguard, orig and esp of a criminal (slang)
  3. An aide or adviser employed by a public figure, esp to manage publicity (informal)
  4. A child left to be minded (archaic)
  5. A short wooden stick used by a child to propel a hoop

mindˈful adjective

  1. Bearing in mind
  2. Taking thought or care
  3. Attentive
  4. Observant
  5. Having memory (archaic)
  6. Inclined (obsolete)

mindˈfully adverb

mindˈfulness noun

A method of reducing stress by developing awareness of one's own mental condition and focusing the attention on the present

mindˈing noun (Scot)

  1. A memory, something recalled
  2. A usu small gift, to mark an occasion or in remembrance of the giver

mindˈless adjective

  1. Without mind
  2. Senseless, without reason
  3. Unmindful

mindˈlessly adverb

mindˈlessness noun

mindˈ-altering adjective

(of a drug) causing violent changes of mood and behaviour

mindˈ-bender noun

A brainteaser, a puzzle

mindˈ-bending adjective

  1. Mind-boggling
  2. Forcing the mind to unwonted effort, teasing the brain
  3. Permanently inclining the mind towards certain beliefs, etc

mindˈ-blowing adjective

  1. (of a drug) producing a state of ecstasy
  2. (of an experience, etc) producing a similar state, exhilarating
  3. Astonishing

mindˈ-blowingly adverb

mind-bodˈy adjective

Relating to or designating the connection between the mind and the physical body

mindˈ-boggling adjective

  1. Astonishing
  2. Incomprehensible

mindˈ-bogglingly adverb

mindˈ-cure or mindˈ-healing noun

The cure or healing of mental or physical illness through the mind or by the supposed influence of another's mind

mindˈ-curer or mindˈ-healer noun

mindˈ-expanding adjective

(of a drug) causing heightened perception, psychedelic

mindˈfuck noun (vulgar sl)

  1. An exhilarating experience
  2. A sense or state of euphoria

mind mapping noun

A technique for stimulating and organizing one's thoughts by writing down key concepts and linking them with lines to show the relationships between them

mindˈ-numbing adjective (informal)

Causing extreme boredom

mindˈ-numblingly adverb

mindˈ-reader noun

A thought-reader, a psychic

mindˈ-reading noun

mindˈset noun

(a fixed) attitude or habit of mind

mind's eye noun

Visual imagination, mental view, contemplation

mind-your-own-busˈiness noun

A Mediterranean plant (Helxine soleirolii) of the nettle family, having small, roundish leaves and producing tiny flowers (also called baby's-tears)

absence of mind

Inattention to what is going on owing to absorption of the mind in other things

bear in mind see under bear1

blow one's or someone's mind see under blow1

break one's mind (obsolete)

To make known, confide or divulge one's thoughts

cast one's mind back

To think about, try to recall past events, etc

change one's mind

To come to a new resolution or opinion

cross someone's mind see under cross

do you mind?

  1. An interjection expressing annoyance or disagreement
  2. (also would you mind?) do you object?

have a good or (archaic) great mind (to)

To wish or to be inclined strongly (to)

have a mind of one's own

To be strong-willed and independent, unwilling to be persuaded or dissuaded by others

have half a mind (to)

To be somewhat inclined (to)

if you don't mind

If you have no objection

in (or of) two minds

Wavering, undecided

know one's own mind

  1. To be sure of one's intentions and opinions
  2. To be self-assured

make up one's mind

To come to a decision

mind one's p's and q's

To be watchfully accurate and punctilious

mind out

(often with for) to beware (of), look out (for)

mind you

An expression used to introduce a qualification added to something already said

mind your eye (slang)

Look out

mind your own business

This is not your concern

month's mind

  1. A commemoration by masses one month after death or burial
  2. A strong desire or inclination

never mind

  1. Do not concern yourself or be upset
  2. It does not matter
  3. You are not to be told

of one (or a, or the same) mind

In accord, agreed

of two minds

Uncertain what to think or do

on one's mind

In one's thoughts, esp as a cause of concern

out of mind

  1. Forgotten
  2. Out of one's thoughts

out of one's mind

Mad

piece of one's mind see under piece

presence of mind

A state of mental calmness in which all the powers of the mind are on the alert and ready for action

put in mind (of)

To remind (of)

put out of one's mind

To think no more about, forget about

set one's mind on

To be determined to have or attain

set or put one's mind to

To focus one's attention on

speak one's mind

To say plainly what one thinks

take someone's mind off

To distract someone from

time out of mind

From time immemorial

to my, etc mind

  1. To my, etc thinking, in my, etc opinion
  2. To my, etc liking

year's mind

A commemorative service on the anniversary of a death or burial

speak /spēk/

intransitive verb (pat spoke or (archaic or dialect) spake; pap spōˈken or (archaic) spoke)
  1. To utter words
  2. To talk or converse
  3. To make a speech
  4. To sound
  5. To give voice
  6. To give expression, information, or intimation by any means
transitive verb
  1. To pronounce
  2. To utter
  3. To express
  4. To declare
  5. To mention
  6. To describe (archaic)
  7. To hail or communicate with
  8. To use or talk in (a language)
  9. To bring or render by speaking
combining form (informal)

A particular jargon or style of language, such as technospeak, doublespeak, airspeak, seaspeak, etc

ORIGIN: Late OE specan (for sprecan); Ger sprechen

speakˈable adjective

  1. Able or fit to be spoken or expressed in speech
  2. Able to speak (rare)

speakˈer noun

  1. A person who speaks
  2. The president (orig the mouthpiece) of a legislative body, such as the House of Commons
  3. A loudspeaker

speakˈership noun

The office of speaker

speakˈing noun

  1. The act of expressing ideas in words
  2. Conversation, discussion
adjective
  1. Uttering or transmitting speech
  2. Seeming to speak, lifelike
adj combining form

Able to speak a particular language, as in English-speaking

speakˈingly adverb

speakˈeasy noun (US)

During Prohibition, an illicit bar selling alcohol, a shebeen

speakˈerphone noun

A type of telephone using a combined loudspeaker and microphone

speaking clock noun

A British telephone service which states the exact time when dialled

speaking tube noun

A tube for speaking through to another room

speakˈing-voice noun

The kind of voice normally used in speaking

on speaking terms see under term

so to speak

As one might put it, as it were

speak a ship

To hail and speak to someone on board her

speak fair (archaic)

To address in conciliatory terms

speak for

  1. To speak on behalf of or in favour of
  2. To be a proof of or witness to
  3. To bespeak or engage

speak in tongues see under tongue

speak one's mind see under mind

speak out

To speak boldly, freely, unreservedly, or so as to be easily heard (speakˈout noun)

speak the same language see under language

speak to

  1. To converse with, address
  2. To rebuke, scold
  3. To attest, testify to
  4. To comment on, discuss

speak up

  1. To speak so as to be easily heard
  2. To state one's opinions boldly

to speak of

Worth mentioning

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