lecture
['lektʃә]
n. 演讲, 谴责, 讲稿

vt. 演讲, 诫, 教

vi. 讲演



lecture
[ noun ]

1. a speech that is open to the public

<noun.communication>
he attended a lecture on telecommunications

2. a lengthy rebuke

<noun.communication>
a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
the teacher gave him a talking to

3. teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

1. deliver a lecture or talk

<verb.communication> talk
She will talk at Rutgers next week
Did you ever lecture at Harvard?

2. censure severely or angrily

<verb.communication> bawl out berate call down call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words jaw lambast lambaste rag rebuke remonstrate reprimand reproof scold take to task trounce
The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

Lecture \Lec"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lectured} (-t[-u]rd);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Lecturing}.]
1. To read or deliver a lecture to.

2. To reprove formally and with authority.


Lecture \Lec"ture\, v. i.
To deliver a lecture or lectures.


Lecture \Lec"ture\ (-t[-u]r; 135), n. [F. lecture, LL. lectura,
fr. L. legere, lectum, to read. See {Legend}.]
1. The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.
[Obs.]

2. A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or
methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes,
a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.

3. A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.

4. (Eng. Universities) A rehearsal of a lesson.