单词 | harangue |
释义 | harangue /heuh rang"/, n. , v. , harangued, haranguing. n. 1. a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe. 2. a long, passionate, and vehement speech, esp. one delivered before a public gathering. 3. any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing lecture or discourse. v.t. 4. to address in a harangue. v.i. 5. to deliver a harangue. [1530-40; (n.) < MF harangue < It ar(r)inga speech, oration, n. deriv. of ar(r)ingare to speak in public, v. deriv. of aringo public square < Goth *hriggs RING1; (v.) < MF haranguer < It ar(r)ingare] |
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