bespeak

vt. 预约, 订, 表示 n. 预约

发音

其它 /bɪˈspiːk/

词形变化

bespeaks 复数 bespake bespeakest bespeaketh bespeaking bespeaks 三单 bespeaks bespoke bespoken bespeaking 现在分词 bespoke 过去式 bespake 过去式 bespoken 过去式 bespoken 过去分词 bespoke 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.

    古体
v.
  1. 1.

    To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.

    古体 正式 及物

    [They] bespoke dangers […] in order to scare the allies.

  2. 2.

    To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.

    及物

    to bespeak a calm hearing

    I bespeak your patience in advance.

  4. 4.

    To forbode; foretell.

    古体 及物
  5. 5.

    To speak to; address.

    古体 诗歌 及物
  6. 6.

    To betoken; show; indicate; depict; foretell; suggest; allude to.

    及物

    This act bespeaks his kindness.

  7. 7.

    To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 8

point signal request quest indicate ask for call for betoken

上位词 6

tell pass communicate pass along pass on put across

下位词 10

call ask hold excuse order promise book beat mark beg

近义相关 2

invite call for

词源

From Middle English bespeken, bispeken, from Old English *bespecan, besprecan (“to speak about, speak against, accuse of, claim at law, complain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisprekan (“to discuss, blame”), from Proto-Germanic *bisprekaną (“to speak about, discuss, blame”), equivalent to be- + speak. Cognate with Scots bespeke (“to beseech, speak or negotiate with”), Saterland Frisian bispreke (“to discuss”), West Frisian besprekke (“to discuss”), Dutch bespreken (“to discuss, review, debate”), German besprechen (“to discuss, review, talk about”).

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