spoken word

英 [ˌspəʊkən ˈwɜːd]

美 [ˌspoʊkən ˈwɜːrd]

n.  口头说的话

牛津词典

noun

• 口头说的话
  language expressed in speech, rather than being written or sung

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 口头说的话(相对书面语言或音乐而言)
  The spoken wordis used to refer to language expressed in speech, for example in contrast to written texts or music.
  1. There is a potential educational benefit in allowing pictures to tell the story, rather than the spoken word.
     用图片代替话语来讲述故事可能会收到更好的教育效果。
  2. ...a spoken word CD by acclaimed novelist Derek Raymond.
     由颇受欢迎的小说家德里克·雷蒙德录制的一张听书唱片

英英释义

noun

• a word that is spoken aloud
  Synonym:vocable

双语例句

• There is a potential educational benefit in allowing pictures to tell the story, rather than the spoken word.
  用图片代替话语来讲述故事可能会收到更好的教育效果。
• No one had yet spoken a word.
  到现在还没人开口说过一句话。
• Although Obama is known for a flair with the written and spoken word, his hardest mission is often to make complicated matters relevant to the masses.
  尽管奥巴马能说会写，但他最艰巨的任务常常是要把复杂的事情向大众说清。
• The researchers found that each spoken word produced varying brain signals, and thus the pattern of electrodes that most accurately identified each word varied from word to word.
  研究者发现每个口语单词都会产生不同的大脑信号，因此能够最准确地识别每个单词的电极模式就会因为单词之间的差异而有所不同。
• Amazing things about the spoken word: once said, it cannot be erased;
  惊人的事情，关于口语词：曾经说过，它不能被删除；
• Presidential hopeful Barack Obama earned a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for the audio version of his book The Audacity of Hope.
  美国总统候选人巴拉克.奥巴马以配音版新书“无畏的希望”获得格莱美最佳朗读专辑奖。
• She had never spoken a word to her sister-in-law for three days; but she had likewise dropped her fretful complaining, and we found it a great comfort.
  她有三天没跟她嫂嫂说一句话了，可是她也不再怨天尤人了，这使我们深感宽慰。
• No More Woof is a headset that uses brain-scanning technology to detect a dog's thought patterns, analyse them and translate them into the spoken word.
  读懂狗狗心是一款高科技耳机，它可以利用大脑扫描技术检测小狗的想法，进而分析、翻译成人类的语言。
• With nowhere else to turn, many decided to use rap, spoken word, dance and graffiti as their outlet to deal with this issue.
  由于没有其他办法，很多人决定将饶舌、说唱、舞蹈和涂鸦当做解决这个问题的出路。
• He hasn't spoken a word in nearly two years.
  他近两年来一个字都没透露过。