utterance

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n. 发声, 言辞, 表达, 说话的方式, 死 [医] 发言, 言语, 语调

发音

US /ˈʌtəɹəns/

词形变化

utterances 复数

别名

utteraunce

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act of, or the process of, uttering.

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    July 1857, The Imagination in Mathematics", in The North American Review Mathematics and Poetry are … the utterance of the same power of imagination, only that in the one case it is addressed to the head, in the other, to the heart.

  2. 2.

    An instance of that act or process: especially, something spoken (e.g., syllables, words, phrases); (especially linguistics) any such thing either spoken or written.

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  3. 3.

    The ability to speak.

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  4. 4.

    A manner of speaking.

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    He has a good utterance.

  5. 5.

    A sale made by offering to the public.

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  6. 6.

    An act of putting in circulation.

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    the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes

  7. 1.

    The utmost extremity, especially of a fight; bodily harm or death.

    古体 文学

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词源

From Middle English utteraunce, outeraunce; equivalent to utter + -ance.

来源:wiktionary