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orate

/aw-reyt, oh-reyt, awr-eyt, ohr-eyt/US // ɔˈreɪt, oʊˈreɪt, ˈɔr eɪt, ˈoʊr eɪt //UK // (ɔːˈreɪt) //

齿科,齿形,齿状,齿状体

Related Words

expound阐释,阐述,阐发,阐明sermonize讲道,说教,布道,讲经pontificate教宗,教士长,教皇,教士moralize道德化,讲道德,道德化的,道德化的方式vociferate发出声音,发出声响,呼唤,发出信号grandstand看台,看台上,看台的作用,看台上的人address地址,讲话,网址,讲话稿lecture讲座,讲课,讲演,说话talk说话,谈话,谈,谈论preach宣讲,说教,传道,传教

Definitions

  1. 1

    o·rat·ed, o·rat·ing.

    • : to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Forms: orating
Synonyms
address地址,讲话,网址,讲话稿expound阐释,阐述,阐发,阐明grandstand看台,看台上,看台的作用,看台上的人lecture讲座,讲课,讲演,说话moralize道德化,讲道德,道德化的,道德化的方式pontificate教宗,教士长,教皇,教士preach宣讲,说教,传道,传教sermonize讲道,说教,布道,讲经talk说话,谈话,谈,谈论vociferate发出声音,发出声响,呼唤,发出信号

Examples

  • The surest way to get yanked off the stage — any stage — is to clear one’s throat and begin to orate.

  • Do you remember how you always used to let me orate to you when I had anything on hand for the rhetoricals?

  • But the captain, facing them, his arms about the delighted Bos'n, positively declined to orate.

  • “Orate pro anima,” or “of your charite pray for the soul of ——” were usual inscriptions.

  • They'll orate over him, and they'll get frightfully cross for a fortnight, and then they'll do nothing.

  • Do not try to be somebody else; be your own self and talk, never "orate" until you can't help it.

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