orate
发音
How to pronounce orate in British English:
英 ['ɔ:reɪt]
How to pronounce orate in American English:
美 ['oʊreɪt]
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- Verb:
- talk pompously
单词词源
- orate (v.)
- c. 1600, "to pray, to plead," from Latin oratus, past participle of orare "speak, pray, plead, speak before a court or assembly" (see orator). The meaning "make a formal speech" emerged c. 1860 in American English as a back-formation of oration. Related: Orated; orating.