speak of something

phrasal verbphr v

a) ALSHOW/BE A SIGN OF literary to show clearly that something happened or exists 表明，说明

Her skin spoke of warm summer days spent in the sun.

她的皮肤表明她是在太阳下度过了温暖的夏日。

b) no ... to speak of (also none/nothing to speak of)LITTLE/NOT MUCH very little of something or a very small thing 很少；不值一提

There’s been no rain to speak of for several months.

好几个月都没怎么下过雨。

The house had no garden to speak of.

这栋房子没有像样的花园。

Examples from the Corpus

no ... to speak of• In all, the unit has a staff of 18 and no budget to speak of.• It had no bones to speak of.• No kin to speak of, except for that rowdy bunch in Ireland, of course.• His supple skin had no lines to speak of; he preserved it with various expensive creams and face masks.• No ad campaign, no sales to speak of, no one showed up for readings.• There are no restaurants or motels, no industry to speak of, only deer and wild turkey roaming the surrounding forest.• There were no Republicans to speak of then.• No wind-chill to speak of, to polish us off.

→ speak of something at speak(PHRASAL VERB)

单词	speak of something
释义	speak of something speak of something phrasal verbphr v a) ALSHOW/BE A SIGN OF literary to show clearly that something happened or exists 表明，说明 Her skin spoke of warm summer days spent in the sun. 她的皮肤表明她是在太阳下度过了温暖的夏日。 b) no ... to speak of (also none/nothing to speak of)LITTLE/NOT MUCH very little of something or a very small thing 很少；不值一提 There’s been no rain to speak of for several months. 好几个月都没怎么下过雨。 The house had no garden to speak of. 这栋房子没有像样的花园。 Examples from the Corpus no ... to speak of• In all, the unit has a staff of 18 and no budget to speak of.• It had no bones to speak of.• No kin to speak of, except for that rowdy bunch in Ireland, of course.• His supple skin had no lines to speak of; he preserved it with various expensive creams and face masks.• No ad campaign, no sales to speak of, no one showed up for readings.• There are no restaurants or motels, no industry to speak of, only deer and wild turkey roaming the surrounding forest.• There were no Republicans to speak of then.• No wind-chill to speak of, to polish us off. → speak of something at speak(PHRASAL VERB)
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