Articulate

[ɑ:'tɪkjʊleɪt] or [ɑr'tɪkjulet]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) express or state clearly.

(verb.) unite by forming a joint or joints; 'the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones'.

(adj.) expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; 'articulate speech'; 'an articulate orator'; 'articulate beings' .

克莱德編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

(a.) Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.

(a.) Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.

(n.) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

(v. i.) To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.

(v. i.) To treat or make terms.

(v. i.) To join or be connected by articulation.

(v. t.) To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.

(v. t.) To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.

(v. t.) To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.

(v. t.) To express distinctly; to give utterance to.

奥古斯都手打

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Jointed, articulated. [2]. Distinctly uttered.

v. a. Utter distinctly (as respects the elementary sounds), PRONOUNCE, ENOUNCE, speak.

伊凡手打

解釋/意思:

adj. distinct: clear.—v.t. to joint: to form into distinct sounds syllables or words.—v.i. to speak distinctly.—adv. Artic′ulately.—ns. Artic′ulateness; Articulā′tion a joining as of the bones: part between two joints: distinctness or distinct utterance: a consonant; Artic′ulator one who articulates or speaks: one who articulates bones and mounts skeletons.

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