discourse  /d'ɪskɔrs/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  discourse
  談話,演講(vi.)談論,演說

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Discourse \Dis*course"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Discoursed}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Discoursing}.]
     1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and
        inferring; to reason. [Obs.] ``Have sense or can
        discourse.'' --Dryden.
  
     2. To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's
        views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold
        forth; to speak; to converse.
  
              Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear. --Shak.
  
     3. To relate something; to tell. --Shak.
  
     4. To treat of something in writing and formally.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Discourse \Dis*course"\, n. [L. discursus a running to and fro,
     discourse, fr. discurrere, discursum, to run to and fro, to
     discourse; dis- + currere to run: cf. F. discours. See
     {Course}.]
     1. The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it
        were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a
        conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning;
        range of reasoning faculty. [Obs.]
  
              Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of
              natural reason.                       --South.
  
              Sure he that made us with such large discourse,
              Looking before and after, gave us not That
              capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. Conversation; talk.
  
              In their discourses after supper.     --Shak.
  
              Filling the head with variety of thoughts, and the
              mouth with copious discourse.         --Locke.
  
     3. The art and manner of speaking and conversing.
  
              Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse. --Shak.
  
     4. Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a
        given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation;
        sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on
        duty.
  
     5. Dealing; transaction. [Obs.]
  
              Good Captain Bessus, tell us the discourse Betwixt
              Tigranes and our king, and how We got the victory.
                                                    --Beau. & Fl.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Discourse \Dis*course"\, v. t.
     1. To treat of; to expose or set forth in language. [Obs.]
  
              The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently
              and at large discoursed in the book.  --Foxe.
  
     2. To utter or give forth; to speak.
  
              It will discourse most eloquent music. --Shak.
  
     3. To talk to; to confer with. [Obs.]
  
              I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to
              discourse the minister about it.      --Evelyn.

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  discourse
       n 1: extended verbal expression in speech or writing
       2: an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a
          church service) [syn: {sermon}, {preaching}]
       3: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with
          some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent
          discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race
          question is badly biased" [syn: {discussion}, {treatment}]
       v 1: to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The article
            covered all the different aspects of this question";
            "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" [syn: {talk
            about}, {discuss}]
       2: carry on a conversation [syn: {converse}]
       3: talk or hold forth formally about a topic; "The speaker
          dissertated about the social politics in 18th century
          England" [syn: {dissertate}]