1 someone who speaks a particular language -- (說某一特定語言的)說話者;演講人
2 the part of a radio, television, or computer, or of a piece of electrical equipment for playing recorded sound, through which the sound is played. A speaker can be part of the radio, etc. or be separate from it -- 揚聲器,喇叭
There's no sound coming out of the right-hand speaker. 右邊的喇叭不出聲了。
3 the person who controls the way in which business is done in an organization which makes laws -- (議會等立法機構的)議長
He served for eight years as Speaker of the House of Representatives. 他做了八年的眾議院議長。
[ as form of address ] Mr Speaker, my honourable friend has failed to consider the consequences of his proposal. 議長閣下,我尊敬的朋友沒有考慮到他提案的後果。
In his opening salvo the speaker fiercely attacked the government's record on healthcare.
The speaker sidestepped the question by saying that it would take him too long to answer it.
The speaker was applauded as he tore apart the prime minister's policies.
So speakers may merge in minimal pair lists but still maintain a phonetic distinction in conversational style.
As speakers and listeners use particular lexical, semantic, and syntactic representations, some of these representations become bound into routines.
As reported in all these studies, however, there is a fair amount of variability in speakers' intuitions of syllabification, even when dialect is controlled for.
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