Be worthy to review:
Noun
 1. the chance to speak; "let him have his say"
 (hypernym) opportunity , chance
Verb
 1. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
 (synonym) state , tell
 (hypernym) express , verbalize , verbalise , utter , give tongue to
 (hyponym) present , represent , lay out
 2. report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
 (synonym) allege , aver
 (hypernym) assert , asseverate , maintain
 (hyponym) plead
 3. express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
 (synonym) suppose
 (hypernym) speculate
 4. have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
 (synonym) read
 (hypernym) have , feature
 (verb-group) read
 5. state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business"
 (verb-group) state , tell
 6. utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"
 (hypernym) express , verbalize , verbalise , utter , give tongue to
 7. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
 (synonym) order , tell , enjoin
 (hypernym) request
 (hyponym) direct
 8. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
 (synonym) pronounce , articulate , enounce , sound out , enunciate
 (hyponym) twang
 (entail) talk , speak , utter , mouth , verbalize , verbalise
 9. recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'"
 (hypernym) recite
 (derivation) saying , expression , locution
 10. communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"
 (hypernym) convey , impart nonverbally = expess in no words
 11. indicate; "The clock says noon"
 (hypernym) read , register , show , record
再加一些,震撼的用例:
Why don't you come round to my place, say, about 8:30? (say = just say ...)
We could, say, go to the movies? (say = just say....)
最后由 作英语的主人 于 2009-11-04 12:56:46编辑 |