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elocutionist

/el-uh-kyoo-shuhn/US // ˌɛl əˈkyu ʃən //UK // (ˌɛləˈkjuːʃən) //

演说家,口才家,口才师,口才学家

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public: The actor's elocution is faultless.
    • : the study and practice of oral delivery, including the control of both voice and gesture.

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Examples

  • Then a humorist told some of his own funny stories and an elocutionist recited a bit from Shakespeare effectively.

  • Imagine me teaching Greek or preaching in the ParkPhil is a preacher, of course, and an elocutionist.

  • Mrs. Wilson's come-down at this point was an example of a solemn warning to the elocutionist who breaks out of bounds.

  • The very best student elocutionist has, on leaving college, but a theoretic knowledge of the art of preaching.

  • There was nothing of the schools, nor of the studied elocutionist in his manner.