locute

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To speak; to say; to utter. intransitive,rare,transitive
    — And 'tis strange that Reverend Body shou'd not find out in several Years, that he who cannot Locute will never Prolocute well.
  2. To utter a meaningful sentence; to perform a locutionary act. intransitive,transitive
    — The translator locutes propositions, but illocutes nothing at all.

词形变化

locutes present,singular,third-person locuting participle,present locuted participle,past locuted past

词汇关系

相关词
illocute perlocute

词源

Back-formation from locution. The first sense could also be directly derived from Latin locut-, perfect active participial stem of loquor (“talk, speak”).
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