(noun.)thechancetospeak;'lethimhavehissay'.
(verb.)indicate;'Theclocksaysnoon'.
(verb.)communicateorexpressnonverbally;'Whatdoesthispaintingsay';'Didhisfacesayanythingabouthowhefelt'.
(verb.)reciteorrepeatafixedtext;'Saygrace';'Shesaidher`HailMary''.
(verb.)stateasone'sopinionorjudgement;declare;'Isaylet'sforgetthiswholebusiness'.
(verb.)utteraloud;'Shesaid`Hello'toeveryoneintheoffice'.
(imp.)Saw.
(n.)Trialbysample;assay;sample;specimen;smack.
(n.)Triedquality;temper;proof.
(n.)Essay;trial;attempt.
(v.t.)Totry;toassay.
(n.)Akindofsilkorsatin.
(n.)Adelicatekindofserge,orwoolencloth.
(v.t.)Toutterorexpressinwords;totell;tospeak;todeclare;as,hesaidmanywisethings.
(v.t.)Torepeat;torehearse;torecite;topronounce;as,tosayalesson.
(v.t.)Toannounceasadecisionoropinion;tostatepositively;toassert;hence,toformanopinionupon;tobesureabout;tobedeterminedinmindasto.
(v.t.)Tomentionorsuggestasanestimate,hypothesis,orapproximation;hence,tosuppose;--intheimperative,followedsometimesbythesubjunctive;as,hehad,sayfiftythousanddollars;thefoxhadrun,saytenmiles.
(v.i.)Tospeak;toexpressanopinion;tomakeanswer;toreply.
(v.t.)Aspeech;somethingsaid;anexpressionofopinion;acurrentstory;amaximorproverb.
塞西尔編輯
v.a.[1].Speak,utter,allege,tell,affirm,declare,pronounce.[2].Repeat,rehearse,recite.
手打:西格蒙德
SYN:Utter,tell,speak,pronounce,declare,assert,allege,affirm,repeat,rehearse,recite,judge
ANT:Suppress,secrete,silentiate,repress,misdeclare,misrecite,misdeliver,missay,misjudge,mispronounce
汉密尔顿校對
n.(Scot.)astrainerformilk.
n.(Spens.)assayprooftemper(ofasword):(Shak.)tasterelish:asample:trialbysample.—v.t.toassaytotry.—n.Say′masteronewhomakesproof.
n.athinkindofsilk:akindofwoollenstuff.—adj.(Shak.)silken.
v.t.toutterinwords:tospeak:todeclare:tostate:toanswer:torehearse:torecite:totakeforgranted.—v.i.tospeak:torelate:tostate:—pa.t.andpa.p.said(sed).—n.somethingsaid:aremark:aspeech:asaw.—ns.Say′eronewhosays:aspeaker:onewhoassays;Say′ingsomethingsaid:anexpression:amaxim;Say′-soanauthoritativedeclaration:arumouramerereport.—Saytotothinkof.—ItissaidorTheysayitiscommonlyreputed;Itsaysequivalentto'itissaid;'Thatistosayinotherwords.