单词 | soliloquy |
释义 | soliloquy /seuh lil"euh kwee/, n. , pl. soliloquies. 1. an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts): Hamlet's soliloquy begins with "To be or not to be." 2. the act of talking while or as if alone. [1595-1605; < LL soliloquium a talking to oneself, soliloquy, equiv. to soli- SOLI-1 + loqu(i) to speak + -ium -IUM; see -Y3] |
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