orate
英 ['ɔːreɪt; ɒ'reɪt]
美['ɔret]
- vi. 演说，演讲；用演说的腔调说
英英释义
- 1. talk pompously
实用场景例句
- It certainly is a fine thing to be able to orate.
- 能说会道当然是好事.
辞典例句
双语例句
- 1. It certainly is a fine thing to be able to orate.
- 能说会道当然是好事.
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- orate (v.)
- c. 1600, "to pray, to plead," from Latin oratus, past participle of orare "speak, pray, plead, speak before a court or assembly" (see orator). The meaning "make a formal speech" emerged c. 1860 in American English as a back-formation of oration. Related: Orated; orating.
词态变化
第三人称单数: orates;过去式: orated;过去分词: orated;现在分词: orating;