ELOQUENCE, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

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eloquence ['?l?kw?ns] 詞頻4 詞根: locu
n. 口才,辯才;雄辯;雄辯術;修辭法;
?? e出+loqu說話+ence名詞后綴 → 雄辯,口才
"I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts."
恐怕我的雄辯也無補于事實了.
近義:loquacity, oratory, rhetoric, speaking, speechmaking, fluentness 反義:laconicism, succinctness, terseness, brevity
gift [ɡ?ft] 詞頻1
n. 贈品,禮物;天賦;贈送;天資; vt. 賦予;向…贈送;天賦權力(或才能等);授予;
?? give(給予)+t(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→贈與;禮物
"The watch was a gift from my mother."
這塊表是母親給我的禮物。
近義:present, treat, bestowal, giveaway, offering, charity
appear [?'p?r] 詞頻1 詞根: par
vi. 出現,顯現;出庭,出場;演出;發表;
?? ap一再+pear看見→出現,顯露
"She didn't appear at all surprised at the news."
她聽到這消息時一點也沒有顯得吃驚。
近義:arise, materialize, surface, emerge, look, seem 反義:vanish, evanesce, evanish, fade
orally [['?:r?li]]
adv. 口頭, 口語, 口述, 口, 用口發聲, 口部
近義:verbally
white [wa?t] 詞頻1
adj. 白色的,純潔的;無色的,透明的;白衣的;白種人的; n. 白色;白種人;空白;白色顏料; vt. (書寫,印刷等)留出空白處;使變白色,刷白;漂白;
"a collar and cuffs of white lace"
帶白色蕾絲花邊的衣領和袖口
近義:gubbah, gub, glair, glaire, hoary, gray 反義:inky, jet, jetty, atramentous, onyx, blacked
color ['k?l?]
n. <美>顏色,色彩;膚色,臉色,血色;顏料,染料;本質; v. <美>給…涂顏色;改變…的顏色;粉飾,渲染,使帶上色彩;臉紅;
"She differs from her sister in the color of her eyes."
她與她姐姐眼睛的顏色不同.
近義:hue, paint, tint, colour, shade, dye 反義:bleach, decolourise, discolour, decolorize, etiolate, fade

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