spoke
英 [spəʊk]
美 [spok]
- v. 说话（speak的过去式）；为…装轮辐；说；演说；从某种观点来说
- n. （车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动；刹车；扶梯棍
GRE
spoke 辐条，轮辐来自古英语 spaca,辐条，轮辐，来自 Proto-Germanic*spaikon,杆，可能来自 PIE*spei,尖刺， 词源同 spike,spire,spit.
- spoke
- spoke: [OE] Like its relatives German speiche and Dutch speek, spoke goes back to prehistoric Germanic *spaikōn. This was derived from the base *spaik-, *speik-, which also produced English spike.
=> spike - spoke (n.)
- "radius of a wheel," Old English spaca "spoke of a wheel, radius," related to spicing "large nail," from Proto-Germanic *spaikon (cognates: Old Saxon speca, Old Frisian spake, Dutch spaak, Old High German speicha, German speiche "spoke"), of uncertain origin, probably from PIE *spei- "sharp point" (see spike (n.1)).
- 1. The President spoke of the treacherous intentions of the enemy.
- 总统谈及了敌人的奸诈用心。
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- 2. Secret Service officer Robin Thompson spoke on behalf of his colleagues.
- 特工处官员罗宾·汤普森代表他的同僚发表了讲话。
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- 3. She looked him full in the face as she spoke.
- 她说话的时候直盯着他的脸。
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- 4. On their way back to Marseille they spoke very little.
- 返回马赛的路上，他们没怎么说话。
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- 5. He spoke no English and was completely silent during the visit.
- 他不会说英语，参观过程中一言未发。
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