colloquy

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈkɒ.lə.kwi/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. # A conversation or dialogue. countable,formal,uncountable
    — And she repeated the free caress into which her colloquies with Maisie almost always broke and which made the child feel that her affection at least was a gage of safety.
  2. A formal conference. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  3. A church court held by certain Reformed denominations. countable,uncountable
  4. A written discourse. countable,uncountable
  5. A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what his or her rights are. countable,uncountable
    — At the end of the colloquy, Judge Spicer asked Carr whether anyone had "pressured" him into accepting the deal.
  6. A collection of scripted dialogues written as a textbook, or a set of exercises, to help students to practice and improve their Latin or Ancient Greek. See: Colloquy countable,uncountable
    — The Colloquies are, in essence, a textbook of linguistic exercises to help students to practice and improve their Latin, but Erasmus also recognized his book’s potential for inspiring Europe with his humanist ideals.
动词 v.
  1. To converse. intransitive,rare

词形变化

colloquies plural colloquies present,singular,third-person colloquying participle,present colloquied participle,past colloquied past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin loquor
Latin colloquor
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Latin colloquiumder.
Middle English colloquies
English colloquy
From Middle English colloquies pl, from Latin colloquium (“conversation”), from com- (“together, with”) (English com-) + form of loquor (“speak”) (from which English locution and other words). Doublet of colloquium.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin loquor
Latin colloquor
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Latin colloquiumder.
Middle English colloquies
English colloquy
From Middle English colloquies pl, from Latin colloquium (“conversation”), from com- (“together, with”) (English com-) + form of loquor (“speak”) (from which English locution and other words). Doublet of colloquium.
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