speaker

英 ['spiːkə] 美 ['spikɚ]
  • n. 演讲者;扬声器;说话者;说某种语言的人
  • n. (Speaker)人名;(英)斯皮克

中文词源


speaker 说话者,演讲者

speak,说话,-er,人。

英文词源


speaker (n.)
c. 1300, "one who speaks," agent noun from speak (v.). Similar formation in Old Frisian spreker, Old High German sprahhari, German Sprecher. First applied to "person who presides over an assembly" c. 1400, from similar use in Anglo-French (late 14c.) in reference to the English Parliament; later extended to the U.S. House of Representatives, etc. The electric amplifier so called from 1926, short for loud-speaker.

双语例句


1. They've found out where the other speaker plugs in.
他们已找到另外那个扬声器的连接点了。

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2. For twenty minutes, the Speaker tried to keep order.
20分钟的时间里,议长一直在竭力维持秩序。

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3. Bruce Wyatt will be the guest speaker at next month's meeting.
布鲁斯·怀亚特将成为下月会议的特邀发言人。

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4. Mr. Speaker, our message to the president is simple.
议长先生,我们向总统表达的意思非常简单。

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5. The first speaker began to talk, very fast and rather loudly.
第一个发言者开始讲话了,语速很快,声音相当大。

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