upspeak

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A manner of speaking in which the intonation of one's voice rises at the end of a statement, as if expressing uncertainty or asking a question; uptalk. uncountable
    — [...] the nurse answers in upspeak. “You can work on it only if you're supervised.” Even the Oil of Olay moisturizer is confiscated. “It's in a glass jar?” Upspeak again.
动词 v.
  1. To speak up; advocate. intransitive
    — "Well, if I didn't stay in your home," upspoke the maiden lady, "I shouldn't care to know what it would become."
  2. To speak with upspeak; uptalk. ambitransitive

词形变化

upspeaks present,singular,third-person upspeaking participle,present upspoke past upspoken participle,past

词汇关系

衍生词
upspeaker

词源

词源 1
From up- + speak.
词源 2
From up- + speak.
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