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words

US // (wɜːdz) //

话语,言语,话说,话

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : the text of a part of an actor, etc
    • : the text or lyrics of a song, as opposed to the music
    • : angry speech
    • : eat one's words to retract a statement
    • : for words indescribably; extremelythe play was too funny for words
    • : have no words for to be incapable of describing
    • : in other words expressing the same idea but differently
    • : in so many words explicitly or precisely
    • : of few words not talkative
    • : of many words talkative
    • : put into words to express in speech or writing as well as thought
    • : say a few words to give a brief speech
    • : take the words out of someone's mouth to say exactly what someone else was about to say
    • : words fail me I am too happy, sad, amazed, etc, to express my thoughts

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • In other words, fluoride is a broad-spectrum, bipartisan, long-lasting magnet for dissent.

  • In other words, the free thinker defending freedom of thought.

  • In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around.

  • In other words, the free speech exhibited by the folks at Charlie Hebdo was not virtuous—until there was a body count.

  • But as you get older, I find I get more tunes and I have to work harder at the words.

  • He prepared a glossary of provincial and archological words, intended for a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary.

  • This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.

  • On the morning after Ramona's disappearance, words had been spoken by each which neither would ever forget.

  • She kept her eyes fixed steadily on his, saying what followed gently, calmly, yet as though another woman spoke the words.

  • The Senora Moreno's heart broke within her, when those words passed her lips to her adored Felipe.