speak

speak /spi:k/
  • nội động từ spoke, (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) spake; spoken
    • nói
      • to learn to speak: tập nói
    • nói với, nói chuyện, nói lên
      • I will speak to him about it: tôi sẽ nói chuyện với anh ta về vấn đề đó
      • actions speak louder than words: việc làm nói lên nhiều hơn lời nói
    • phát biểu, diễn thuyết, đọc diễn văn (ở hội nghị)
    • sủa (chó)
    • nổ (súng)
    • kêu (nhạc khí)
    • giống như thật, trông giống như thật
      • this portrait speaks: bức ảnh giống như thật
  • ngoại động từ
    • nói (một thứ tiếng)
      • he can speak English: nó nói được tiếng Anh
    • nói, nói lên
      • to speak the truth: nói sự thật
    • nói rõ, chứng tỏ
      • this speaks him generous: điều đó chứng tỏ anh ta rộng lượng
    • (hàng hải) gọi, nói chuyện với (tàu thuỷ... bằng rađiô)
    • to speak at
      • ám chỉ (ai)
    • to speak for
      • biện hộ cho (ai)
    • là người phát ngôn (của ai)
    • nói rõ, chứng minh cho
      • that speaks much for your courage: điều đó nói rõ lòng can đảm của anh
    • to speak of
      • nói về, đề cập đến; viết đến
    • nothing to speak of: chẳng có gì đáng nói
    • to speak out
      • nói to, nói lớn
    • nói thẳng, nói toạc ý kiến của mình
      • to speak out one's mind: nghĩ sao nói vậy
    • to speak to
      • nói về (điều gì) (với ai)
    • khẳng định (điều gì)
      • I can speak to his having been there: tôi có thể khẳng định là anh ta có đến đó
    • to speak up
      • nói to hơn
    • nói thẳng, nói toạc ý kiến của mình
    • so to speak
      • (xem) so
    • to speak like a book
      • (xem) book
    • to speak someone fair
      • (xem) fair
    • to speak volumes for
      • (xem) volume
    • to speak without book
      • nói không cần sách, nhớ mà nói ra

Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
 nói

Động từ bất quy tắc (Base form/Past Simple/Past Participle): speak / spoke / spoken


Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): speaker, speech, speak, unspeakable, speechless, outspoken, unspoken, unspeakably


Xem thêm: talk, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise, talk, talk, address



speak

Từ điển Collocation

speak verb

1 have a conversation

ADV. briefly We spoke briefly on the phone. | at length | hardly Ben hardly spoke to me all evening.

VERB + SPEAK want to | refuse to The president refused to speak to the waiting journalists. | dare (to) No one had ever dared speak to him like that before.

PREP. about, to I need to speak to Joseph about this matter. | with Can I speak with you for a minute?

PHRASES be on speaking terms (with sb) We are still on speaking terms after the argument. | not be speaking (to sb) Ed and Dave aren't speaking at the moment.

2 use your voice to say sth

ADV. loudly | quietly, softly | clearly You must speak loudly and clearly on the stage. | slowly | calmly | brusquely, sharply | briefly | at length | suddenly | hardly | eloquently, movingly She spoke eloquently about the need for action. | lovingly, warmly | disparagingly, harshly | encouragingly, soothingly | authoritatively, forcefully | earnestly | coherently, intelligibly, meaningfully | absently | freely, openly | boldly | hesitantly | out

VERB + SPEAK be able/unable to, can/could (hardly) She was so moved she could hardly speak. | begin to, open your mouth to She opened her mouth to speak and found she couldn't. | try to | dare not, not trust yourself to He nodded, not trusting himself to speak. | hear sb I heard him speak at the debating society.

PREP. about, against He spoke out against mismanagement. | for I speak for all my colleagues. | in favour of She spoke in favour of the new tax. | on She speaks on women's issues. | on behalf of I speak on behalf of many thousands of women. | of He speaks very warmly of you. | to He will be speaking to history students about the causes of war.

3 know a language

ADV. fluently, well He speaks German fluently.

VERB + SPEAK be able/unable to, can/could | learn to learning to speak a foreign language | teach sb to

PREP. in Would you prefer it if we spoke in French?


Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • express in speech; talk, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise

    She talks a lot of nonsense

    This depressed patient does not verbalize

  • exchange thoughts; talk with; talk

    We often talk business

    Actions talk louder than words

  • use language; talk

    the baby talks already

    the prisoner won't speak

    they speak a strange dialect

  • give a speech to; address

    The chairman addressed the board of trustees

  • make a characteristic or natural sound

    The drums spoke


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

speaks|spoke|speaking|spoken
syn.: express say talk tell