動變: 過去式:talked 過去分詞:talked 現在進行時:talking
名複: talks
talk
KK:[tɒk] DJ:[tɒːk]
vi.
- 講話；談話；演講[（+to/with/about）]I want to talk to your manager about an urgent matter.
我想和你們經理談一件緊急的事。
They often talk about you.他們常常談起你。
Don't talk so loud.談話聲音別這麼大。
- （用信號）表達思想
- 招供Police will make him talk.
警察會使他招供的。
- 說閒話；揭人隱私He didn't care how people talked.
他不在乎人家怎麼談論。
- 商談，商討
vt.
- 講，說Don't talk nonsense.
別胡說八道。
- 討論，商談The young people were talking philosophy in Clay's study.
那幾個年輕人在克萊的書房裡談論哲學。
- 勸說；講得使……[O]Mom talked me to sleep.
媽媽講得使我睡著了。
n.
- 談話；交談[（+with/about）]I had a talk with Mr. Jones.
我和瓊斯先生談過話。
- （非正式）演講[C]Professor Kern gave a talk on American drama.
克恩教授作了一次有關美國戲劇的講演。
- 特定說話方式；方言；行話[U]
- 閒話；流言蜚語；空話[U]
- 話題[the S][（+of）]The divorced woman is the talk of the street.
那個離了婚的女子成了街頭巷尾的話題。
- 正式會談，談判[P]The leaders of the two countries will meet for talks on questions of common interest.
兩國領袖將會面商談兩國共同利益的問題。
片語
make talk
- 閒談；無話找話She was just trying to make talk.
她只是無話找話罷了.
small talk
- 閒談；聊家常We stood around the fire, making small talk.
我們站在火爐周圍聊天。
She loves to have some small talk with the neighbors.她喜歡與鄰居聊家常。
talk about/of
- 談論；談到What are they talking about?
他們在談什麼？
talk around
- 說服I'll try to talk her around.
我會儘量說服她。
talk at
- 對……不停地說She's always talking at me instead of with me.
她從來不是與我交談，總是衝著我嘰嘰呱呱說個不停。
talk away
- 不停地談She could sometimes talk away for hours on end.
有時候她可以連續不斷地談上幾個小時。
talk back
- 頂嘴；反駁How could you talk back to your boss like that?
你怎麼能那樣與你上司頂嘴？
talk big/tall
- 吹牛Tom is always talking big. Don't believe him.
湯姆老是吹牛，別相信他。
talk down
- 駁倒；高聲壓倒He was at last talked down.
他最終被駁倒了。
talk down to sb.
- 高人一等地對某人說話How dare you talk down to me like this?
你竟敢用這樣高高在上的口氣對我講話？
talking of
- 談到；至於Talking of travel, have you ever been to New York?
談到旅行，你到過紐約嗎？
talk out
- 講出來They all encouraged her to talk out her anxieties.
他們都鼓勵她把心中的煩惱說出來。
talk over
- 商討；討論They are now talking over the plan.
他們正在商討那個計劃。
talk round
- 轉彎抹角地說I hate talking round things.
我不喜歡拐彎抹角地說話。
talk sb. into sth.
- 說服某人做某事I have talked him into agreeing.
我已說服他同意了。
talk sb. out of sth.
- 說服某人不做某事He talked his wife out of buying that expensive dress.
他說服妻子不買那件昂貴的衣服。
talk to sb.
- 找某人談談It's time you talked to him about this.
你該跟他談談這件事了！
talk up
- 大聲講Will you talk up a bit?
你再大聲一點好嗎？
talk with
- 與……交談The teacher was talking with some students.
老師正與幾位學生在交談。
衍生
n.
talker
辨析
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
v.
- speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; communicate by speech. ▸have the power of speech.▸ (talk something over/through) discuss something thoroughly.▸ (be talking) informal be discussing in specified terms:we're talking big money.▸gossip.
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(talk someone round)
convince someone to adopt a specific point of view. ▸ (talk someone into/out of) persuade or dissuade someone to or from.▸ (talk something out) Brit. (in Parliament) block the course of a bill by prolonging discussion to the time of adjournment.
- (talk back) reply defiantly or insolently.
- (talk down to) speak condescendingly to.
n.
- conversation; discussion. ▸speculation or gossip.▸ (the talk of) a current subject of widespread gossip or speculation in.
- an address or lecture.
- (talks) formal discussions or negotiations.
Phrase
- you can't
(or can)
(N. Amer. shouldn't or should)
talk
informal used to convey that a criticism made applies equally well to the person making it. - look
(or hark)
who's talking
another way of saying you can't talk. - now you're talking
informal expressing enthusiastic agreement. - talk the hind leg off a donkey
Brit. informal talk incessantly. - talk nineteen to the dozen
see dozen. - talk the talk
informal speak in a way intended to convince or impress.
Derivative
- talker n.
Etymology
ME: from the Gmc base of tale or tell1.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》
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