名词

1. 说话能力;说话;言语
Speech is the ability to speak or the act of speaking.

2. 说话方式;言谈
Your speech is the way in which you speak.

3. 口语，言语(与书面语相对而言)
Speech is spoken language.

4. 演说;演讲;讲话;致辞
A speech is a formal talk which someone gives to an audience.

5. (演员的)台词
A speech is a group of lines spoken by a character in a play.

6. see also: direct speech;figure of speech;indirect speech;maiden speech;part of speech;reported speech

1. the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

e.g. language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals

Synonym: language

2. a lengthy rebuke

e.g. a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
the teacher gave him a talking to

Synonym: lecturetalking to

3. words making up the dialogue of a play

e.g. the actor forgot his speech

Synonym: actor's linewords

4. your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

e.g. his manner of speaking was quite abrupt
her speech was barren of southernisms
I detected a slight accent in his speech

Synonym: manner of speakingdelivery

5. (language) communication by word of mouth

e.g. his speech was garbled
he uttered harsh language
he recorded the spoken language of the streets

Synonym: speech communicationspoken communicationspoken languagelanguagevoice communicationoral communication

6. the exchange of spoken words

e.g. they were perfectly comfortable together without speech

7. something spoken

e.g. he could hear them uttering merry speeches

8. the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

e.g. he listened to an address on minor Roman poets

Synonym: address