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说话,发表,说话的方式,死

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n. [F. outrance. See {Outrance}.]
   The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.]

         Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our
         men to skirmish one against another to the utterance.
                                                  --Holland.

Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n.
   1. The act of uttering. Specifically:
      (a) Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.] --Bacon.
      (b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false
          coin, or of forged notes.
      (c) Vocal expression; articulation; speech.

                At length gave utterance to these words.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance.

            They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the
            Spirit gave them utterance.           --Acts ii. 4.

            O, how unlike To that large utterance of the early
            gods!                                 --Keats.

资料来源 : WordNet®

utterance
     n : the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication [syn: {vocalization}]