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talk of

/tawk/US // tɔk //UK // (tɔːk) //

说起,谈谈,谈到,谈谈你的看法

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
    • : to consult or confer: Talk with your adviser.
    • : to spread a rumor or tell a confidence; gossip.
    • : to chatter or prate.
    • : to employ speech; perform the act of speaking: to talk very softly; to talk into a microphone.
    • : to deliver a speech, lecture, etc.: The professor talked on the uses of comedy in the tragedies of Shakespeare.
    • : to give or reveal confidential or incriminating information: After a long interrogation, the spy finally talked.
    • : to communicate ideas by means other than speech, as by writing, signs, or signals.
    • : Computers. to transmit data, as between computers or between a computer and a terminal.
    • : to make sounds imitative or suggestive of speech.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to express in words; utter: to talk sense.
    • : to use in speaking or conversing: They talk French together for practice.
    • : to discuss: to talk politics.
    • : Informal. to focus on; signify or mean; talk about: This isn't a question of a few hundred dollars—we're talking serious money.
    • : to bring, put, drive, influence, etc., by talk: to talk a person to sleep; to talk a person into doing something.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind.
    • : an informal speech or lecture.
    • : a conference or negotiating session: peace talks.
    • : report or rumor; gossip: There is a lot of talk going around about her.
    • : a subject or occasion of talking, especially of gossip: Your wild escapades are the talk of the neighborhood.
    • : mere empty speech: That's just a lot of talk.
    • : a way of talking: a halting, lisping talk.
    • : language, dialect, or lingo.
    • : signs or sounds imitative or suggestive of speech, as the noise made by loose parts in a mechanism.
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    • : talk around, to bring over to one's way of thinking; persuade: She sounded adamant over the phone, but I may still be able to talk her around.
    • : talk at, to talk to in a manner that indicates that a response is not expected or wanted.to direct remarks meant for one person to another person present; speak indirectly to.
    • : talk away, to spend or consume in talking: We talked away the tedious hours in the hospital.
    • : talk back, to reply to a command, request, etc., in a rude or disrespectful manner: Her father never allowed them to talk back.
    • : talk down, to overwhelm by force of argument or by loud and persistent talking; subdue by talking.to speak disparagingly of; belittle.Also talk in. to give instructions to by radio for a ground-controlled landing, especially to a pilot who is unable to make a conventional landing because of snow, fog, etc.
    • : talk down to, to speak condescendingly to; patronize: Children dislike adults who talk down to them.
    • : talk of, to debate as a possibility; discuss: The two companies have been talking of a merger.
    • : talk out, to talk until conversation is exhausted.to attempt to reach a settlement or understanding by discussion: We arrived at a compromise by talking out the problem.British Politics.to thwart the passage of by prolonging discussion until the session of Parliament adjourns.Compare filibuster.
    • : talk over, to weigh in conversation; consider; discuss.to cause to change an opinion; convince by talking: He became an expert at talking people over to his views.
    • : talk up, to promote interest in; discuss enthusiastically.to speak without hesitation; speak distinctly and openly: If you don't talk up now, you may not get another chance.

Phrases

  • talk around
  • talk at
  • talk back
  • talk big
  • talk dirty
  • talk down
  • talk down to
  • talked out
  • talk into
  • talk of the town, the
  • talk out
  • talk out of
  • talk over
  • talk sense
  • talk shop
  • talk someone's arm off
  • talk through one's hat
  • talk to
  • talk turkey
  • talk up
  • all talk
  • dirty joke (talk dirty)
  • double talk
  • heart to heart (talk)
  • look who's talking
  • money talks
  • now you're talking
  • small talk
  • straight talk
  • sweet talk

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • It is encouraging to see many American companies, large and small, speak out about issues of racial inequity, though not all have backed up their talk with action.

  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson signaled he would let the talks collapse if a deal isn’t made before mid-October rather than compromise.

  • The first wave of responses was to move to online events, virtual summits and a variety of webinars, but there’s also the question of informal talks and sales meetings that need to be rethought in order to maintain the quality of interaction.

  • “We had the talk,” said Laurel Rossi, chief partnerships officer at Organic.

  • Virtual events are the talk of marketing departments these days.

  • What celebrity has started to talk about his or her eating disorder?

  • Hopefully not overly close, but we talk about it in the episode how similar it is.

  • Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.

  • Those who come to the Dinner Party are self-selecting; they do want to talk about it.

  • Surely all this graphic talk of gastrointestinal distress is making you queasy.

  • And is this a mere fantastic talk, or is this a thing that could be done and that ought to be done?

  • Our talk ranged from the Panhandle to the Canada line, while our horses jogged steadily southward.

  • Above all, he was amazed to hear me talk of a mercenary standing army in the midst of peace and among a free people.

  • To talk German was beyond the sweep of my dizziest ambition, but an Italian runner or porter instantly presented himself.

  • He can't talk much, though; 'tain't good fur him; his lungs is out er kilter.