talk
[tɒ:k]
n. 谈话, 谈, 谈, 讲话, 演讲, 谈, 谣言, 言, 语言

vi. 讲话, 演讲, 话, 谈话, 流, 闲聊, 闲话

vt. 讲, , 讨论, 谈论

[] 话, 聊

[] 谈; 谈话, 讨论



talk
[ noun ]

1. an exchange of ideas via conversation

<noun.communication>
let's have more work and less talk around here

2. discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')

<noun.communication>
his poetry contains much talk about love and anger

3. the act of giving a talk to an audience

<noun.act>
I attended an interesting talk on local history

4. a speech that is open to the public

<noun.communication>
he attended a lecture on telecommunications

5. idle gossip or rumor

<noun.communication>
there has been talk about you lately

[ verb ]

1. exchange thoughts; talk with

<verb.communication> speak
We often talk business
Actions talk louder than words

2. express in speech

<verb.communication> mouth speak utter verbalise verbalize
She talks a lot of nonsense
This depressed patient does not verbalize

3. use language

<verb.communication> speak
the baby talks already
the prisoner won't speak
they speak a strange dialect

4. reveal information

<verb.communication> spill
If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!
The former employee spilled all the details

5. divulge confidential information or secrets

<verb.communication> babble babble out blab blab out let the cat out of the bag peach sing spill the beans tattle
Be careful--his secretary talks

6. deliver a lecture or talk

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

Talk \Talk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Talked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Talking}.] [Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov. G. talken to
speak indistinctly; or OD. tolken to interpret, MHG. tolkan
to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Dan. tolke to
interpret, Sw. tolka, Icel. t?lka to interpret, t?lkr an
interpreter, Lith. tulkas an interpreter, tulkanti,
tulk[=o]ti, to interpret, Russ. tolkovate to interpret, to
talk about; or perhaps fr. OE. talien to speak (see {Tale},
v. i. & n.).]
1. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as
in familiar discourse, when two or more persons
interchange thoughts.

I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you,
walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat
with you. --Shak.

2. To confer; to reason; to consult.

Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. --Jer. xii.
1.

3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.]

{To talk of}, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as,
authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. ``The
natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of
these rocks, and the great damage done.'' --Addison.

{To talk to}, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as,
I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [Colloq.]


Talk \Talk\, n.
1. The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual
discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar
conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.

In various talk the instructive hours they passed.
--Pope.

Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical
phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and
curses. --Macaulay.

2. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.

I hear a talk up and down of raising our money.
--Locke.

3. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of
the town.

Syn: Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue;
conference; communication. See {Conversation}.


Talk \Talk\, v. t.
1. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating;
as, to talk French.

2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a
subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk
politics.

3. To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away;
as, to talk away an evening.

4. To cause to be or become by talking. ``They would talk
themselves mad.'' --Shak.

{To talk over}.
(a) To talk about; to have conference respecting; to
deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter
or plan.
(b) To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to
convince; as, to talk over an opponent.