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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

speech [spiːtʃ]
  1. 1. noun [c] (formal talk) 演说
  2. 2. noun [u] (faculty) 说话能力
  3. 3. noun [s] (manner of speaking) 说话方式
  4. 4. noun [u] (spoken language) 口语
  5. 5. noun [c] [Theater] 台词

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

speech [spiːʧ]
  1. 1. n.[c] 演说演讲发言
  2. 2. n.[u] 说话言谈口语
    His speech was garbled.
    他的演讲断章取义了。
  3. 3. n.[c] 言语言辞
    He could hear them uttering merry speeches.
    可以听到他们风趣讲话
  4. 4. n.[u] 交谈说话
    They were perfectly comfortable together without speech.
    他们在一起说话时候非常舒服
  5. 5. n.[u] 说话方式口音
    I detected a slight accent in his speech.
    觉察到他讲话带着轻微口音
    Her speech was barren of southernisms.
    她的没有南方腔调
  6. 6. n.[c] 斥责冗长训斥
  7. 7. n.[c] 台词
    The actor forgot his speech.
    那位演员忘了他的台词
  8. 8. n.[u] 说话能力

Collins English-English Dictionary

speech [spiːtʃ]
  1. 1. n the act or faculty of speaking, esp as possessed by persons
    to have speech with somebody
  2. 2. n (as modifier)
    speech therapy
  3. 3. n that which is spoken; utterance
  4. 4. n a talk or address delivered to an audience
  5. 5. n a person's characteristic manner of speaking
  6. 6. n a national or regional language or dialect
  7. 7. n another word for parole
  8. 8. n [Etymology] Old English spec; related to specan to speak

Examples

a speech embodying democratic ideals
一篇体现民主理想的演说
an extemporaneous speech
即席发言
a speech given extempore
即席(或不用讲稿)发表的讲演
a speech full of fire
充满激情的讲话
The speech was greeted with cheers.
演说受到喝彩。

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