Definition of word in English:

word

noun wəːdwərd

1A single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed.
词，字
I don't like the word ‘unofficial’
why so many words for so few ideas?
Example sentencesExamples
- We can sum him up in a single sentence, a single word will probably do.
- Etymological analysis sought to explain the meaning of individual words within sentences.
- What kind of a person even gives that sort of nonsense the time of day, let alone writes six-hundred-odd words about it?
- Well, he had some choice words for both sides in this conflict in his speech.
- Then, he picked out a piece of paper and unfolded the paper that had the word, Dianna written on it.
- You'll have to excuse my rather bland choice of words in the initial sentence.
- The door was unmarked and completely blank except for a single word written in a dark red script: Wayward.
- But, one is never really sure how a single word or sentence out of a whole post can affect the way in which a reader is going to comment.
- What made it funny were the words written on the side of the van.
- He hadn't seen this side of Ron yet, this, for lack of a better word, bitchy side and he was strangely unsurprised by it.
- In her short time in this organized hell, Cassie understood the meaning of the word alone.
- However, the emphasis here should be on the word meaningful.
- By 7 children should be able to read and write simple words and structure simple sentences.
- If they were able to recall the target word, they had to write the word in the appropriate numbered space.
- If foul language could be banned in schools then perhaps we could hear people talking English without hearing the F word in every sentence.
- Some of the contributors here took issue with the meaning of the word print itself.
- Both of them got in a long conversation too many big words and weird sentences.
- I then realised that the letter A at the beginning of a word signifies that the word should have been printed in bold or italic.
- The cooler comes in a red/black box with the words Dual Fan Series printed on the front side.
- He attempted to say a few things, but none of the noises actually turned into words let alone sentences.
Synonyms
term, name, expression, designation, locution
turn of phrase, idiom
formal appellation
rare vocable
1. 1.1 A single distinct conceptual unit of language, comprising inflected and variant forms.
  （包括屈折和变体形式的）词，单词，字
  Example sentencesExamples
  All I will say is that this movie was true in the basic sense of the word.
  He is a knowledge worker in all senses of the word and carries a message everyone involved in best practise in education should hear.
2. 1.2usually words Something spoken or written; a remark or statement.
  his grandfather's words had been meant kindly
  他祖父说的话是一番好意。
  a word of warning
  一句警告话。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There he remained for most of the first half, only emerging intermittently to offer words of criticism or encouragement.
  These are words spoken by Queen Juliana when she was inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands in 1948.
  The Ministry of Justice subsequently released a statement condemning the words of Grigorov.
  Those are strong words especially in discussing the actions of a political party holding power as a government.
  What they say has relevance over time, even if their words were prompted by particular moments in time.
  I stroked his head and murmured calming words and it seemed to help.
  Thank you all so much for your kind words of encouragement and support regarding yesterday's post.
  He was speaking Che's words, make no mistake, and the Soviets had turned against that, turned inward.
  But any cautionary words in the outlook statement could damage the share's high rating.
  The other woman, her voice lower, murmured some words of consolation to her friend.
  He believes the players responded to his critical words and that his replacement should have been acquired last summer.
  Charles Darwin once visited, and his words about the view have been engraved on a rock.
  She was also willing to offer some words of advice to anyone thinking of following in her footsteps.
  Citizens are welcome to e-mail the Senator here to offer him their kind words of support.
  Jake almost fell off his chair as the other man's words sank in.
  In true Marley style, this little book will uplift you and offer you sound words of advice when you need it most.
  Her father's words echoed through her mind.
  She later claimed that the press had distorted her words and repudiated the statement.
  Nancy spoke specifically about the words offered by the senior minister at her church.
  One day when Zhang was on a bus, a young man beside him smoked and would not listen to his words of warning about smoking.
  Synonyms
  remark, comment, statement, utterance, observation, pronouncement, declaration
3. 1.3a wordwith negative Even the smallest amount of something spoken or written.
  一个字（所说或所写的最小量）
  don't believe a word of it
  一个字也别信。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Steve's unchanged expression showed that he didn't believe a word Miles had just spoken.
  That wouldn't do at all for the journalist, who solved that little problem by not quoting a single word that I wrote to her.
  I do not speak a word of Italian, nor do I know anything about the different regions etc as I would with France.
  The people who know me well don't believe a word of what is written by the media.
  I was standing like a lemon on the stage without a word in my head and not a soul to help me.
  After all, they argued, the President had not said a word in his message about the military reform.
  They continued down the hallway without another word, passing many officers as they did.
  She didn't speak a word of English when she arrived in Manchester 18 months ago - but is now top of the class.
  Previous attempts have failed as I have always come face-to-face with salesmen who don't appear to speak a word of English.
  Michael gets in one last hit on Keelah before he went back upstairs to his computer without saying a word.
  For a start none of us spoke a word of Spanish, we had been busy learning French!
  In fact, they didn't speak a word till it was over and once it was over, they clapped.
  It comes out on Wednesdays and never prints a single word of world or national news.
  Famous faces appear without saying a word, prompting the speculation that a good deal of footage may have been left on the cutting room floor.
  I cried for each time I had a school report that had not even one good word to say about him on it.
  More than a decade after her fall from power, there are still ordinary, otherwise sane people who wouldn't hear a word spoken against her.
  Not a word was spoken to explain the missiles raining down.
  But he is adamant that there is not a word of truth in any of these stories, and that, for the time being at least, he is here to stay.
  Not a word was spoken throughout with many visibly shaken faces along the route.
  No matter how many experts you throw at them, they won't believe a word spoken by them.
4. 1.4words Angry talk.
  口角，吵架
  her father would have had words with her about that
  她父亲准会为那事和她吵嘴。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When we got into a scuffle he had words with the both of us, but said nothing about the penalties he had given away.
  Peggy reckons that he's crawled off to sulk after she had words with him.
  In the first half, the referee had words with Tingle, when the player said a North Burton goal was offside.
  The manager has had words with his squad and is determined to cut out the niggling dissent.
  After receiving a complaint we went down and had words with them.
  He had words with the referee after the game concerning the foul that led to the second goal.
  Ferguson hurried-up Kyrgiakos in the first half but he also had words with the other two as well.
  I also had words with my manager, as he had changed the roster for next week without my consultation.
  This was definitely not my type of movie and I even had words with the person that insisted I use up my time to sit and watch it.
  Synonyms
  quarrel, argue, disagree, row, squabble, bicker, fight, wrangle, dispute, feud, have a row, cross swords, lock horns, clash, be at each other's throats
  informal fall out, have a tiff, have a spat
  British informal have a barney
  archaic altercate
5. 1.5mass noun Speech as distinct from action.
  （不同于行动的）言，言语
  he conforms in word and deed to the values of a society that he rejects
  他在言行上都遵循他所摈弃的社会价值观。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The villains are truly dangerous and the heroes are valiant in word and deed.
  But our past is fraught with his infidelity in word, in deed and most likely in his heart and mind.
  He inspires more by deed than word, but he has his anonymous games, as any forward does.
  Here is an example where kind, brave actions speak louder then violent words.
  Britain, she said in word and deed, demanded boldness: find it in me!
  As one of the pillars of democracy, they have the right to question every word and deed.
  Why is everyone falling in love with Bridget when she's let her looks go to pot and appears in word, deed and fashion air-brained?
  There is, when it comes to the arts, a massive dislocation between word and deed.
  They reclaim a union between word and deed, utterance and action.
  It was a place where I no longer had to worry about the possible negative repercussions of my every word and deed.
  The crucial distinction between the fifties and sixties lay in word, not in deed.
  Actions, he knows, speak louder than words as he passes on the benefit of his defensive experience to those who seek to emulate.
  We cannot know what is going on in the minds of our fellow human beings unless they manifest it by word or deed.
  He is not known for making idle threats, and his words very quickly manifest themselves as deeds.
  They will not be satisfied until we agree with them and prove that we agree with them in thought, word and deed.
  Kumar has never harmed anyone by thought, word or deed, as far as I know.
  He has handled this general problem very poorly in both word and deed.
  In word and deed, he is an ideal man: a perfect son, a true husband, an excellent friend and a noble enemy.
  In short, our actions will always speak louder than images and words offered by others.
  He loved women, especially brilliant women, and promoted them in word and deed.
2A command, password, or signal.
命令；口令；格言
someone gave me the word to start playing
有人给了我开始比赛的口令。
Example sentencesExamples
- He gave her directions onto a narrow winding road, and told her to drive down it until he gave her the word to stop.
Synonyms
instruction, order, command
signal, prompt, cue, tip-off
informal go-ahead, thumbs up, green light
North American informal high sign
command, order, decree, edict, mandate
bidding, will
1. 2.1mass noun Communication; news.
  I was afraid to leave Edinburgh in case there was word from the War Office
  我不想离开爱丁堡，怕万一陆军部有消息传来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This would not be the last word on the issue, because we need facts and information to come to a final verdict.
  HP has not issued word on exactly how many workers will get the axe.
  Members spread the word by text messages, e-mails and leaflets which are handed out in towns and cities.
  The word was that an order had come down from the White House that the Pentagon's contingency planning was to be shelved immediately.
  I grimaced, as dutifully I passed the word to Mission Command in the orbiting HMS Cardiff above.
  The family had had difficulties because word had got about in the local community that the youth was responsible for the burglaries.
  Mercury received word from Intel last week that the engineering firm is wanted on the job immediately.
  You should know I live in a small community and that word travels fast around here.
  Bamberger had left word at my office that there were more documents for me to inspect.
  His father said he passed word from a dispatcher to his son that they should stay low and that firefighters were working their way up.
  In fact, word spread so quickly about the club, that people were travelling from all over Bradford to go to the meetings.
  Instead Paul Krugman puts the word out that the Commander in Chief just may be crazy.
  In fact word has it that this sort of cross-airline move is not really an option available to staff.
  If a really big one hits a remote area, it might become news, if word eventually gets back to the metropolis.
  In fact, word went around among the five- and six-year-olds that she was a witch.
  In fact, word has it that the unbelieving William III even referred petitioners he turned away to his vanquished rivals.
  The last thing you want when running an international campaign is word that the locals are restless.
  There was still no word of Hess's whereabouts when the communique was broadcast at 8pm that evening.
  Redundancies are never happy news, but word reached El Reg that things were not handled terribly delicately in Bristol.
  But their concerns grew after Mrs Upton did not arrive and with communications in chaos, there remained no word of her.
  Synonyms
  news, information, communication, intelligence, notice
  message, report, communiqué, dispatch, bulletin, account
  data, facts
  informal info, the gen, the low-down
  North American informal the dope, the poop
  literary tidings
  archaic advices
  rumour, hearsay, talk, gossip
  informal the grapevine, the word on the street
  North American informal the scuttlebutt
3one's wordOne's account of the truth, especially when it differs from that of another person.
（尤指与他人不同的）证词
in court it would have been his word against mine
在法庭上，他的证词就会与我的不同。
Example sentencesExamples
- Unfortunately, there are no special identifying marks on the belt to authenticate its once owner, and in fact there's now only my word that his son passed it on to me.
- If you accept her word, you are saying that my word, because I gave it first, is not to be believed.
- Take my word for it, the slower version is quite fast enough.
- When I asked if I could fight this in court, I was advised that it was my word against theirs.
- She was condemned on her word alone without proof and lacked defense counsel.
- For those who require proof beyond my word for this, take a look at Google's cache of the News Online Politics page.
- Take my word for it, if you know anything about the rarity of a true hip hop standout, then you will be at this show.
- Here's a video clip proving it in case you were inclined to doubt my word.
- Sex offences can be difficult to prove or disprove as it often comes down to one person's word against the other's.
- It's the attendant's word against that of a patient who can only communicate using ACC.
1. 3.1 A promise or assurance.
  诺言；保证
  everything will be taken care of—you have my word
  一切都会关照好的-我向你保证。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Rest assured your email address is safe, I will not be passing it on to anyone, you have my word.
  I assured him that I had none of the above, but my word was not good enough.
  The critical issue is whether a university's word can be trusted - and on current evidence it cannot.
  John, you have my word we'll talk about those other officers and what they're struggling with right now.
  We can only do our best to hold the administration to its word.
  You may find it hard to trust my word, and the feeling is mutual I assure you.
  It is important that they be so, for science needs good communicators whose word can be trusted.
  I don't want to do it but I've given my word so what can I do?
  When the waitress arrives, Beanie's mother remains true to her word and orders only coffee.
  I realise that this is a retraction of my word given to the Reverend.
  I had given United my word - in the presence of my father.
  I always promise, but it's generally understood that my word means nothing.
  I regard his statements that my word cannot be believed as offensive, and I would ask him to withdraw and apologise.
  She has appealed to her own family's codes of respect and faithfulness to one's word.
  By then I had already made a promise to Dundee, and I wasn't going to go back on my word.
  We cannot rid the world of drugs but I give you my word that I will work to ensure that our kids have less access to them.
  My parents always make me live up to my word so I asked them to live up to theirs.
  It cracks me up that I'm being held to my word from that one interview when I said I wouldn't write a love song.
  I've kept good on my word not to rattle the tin cup between quarterly fund drives and shall do so till next quarter.
  Asked if he now stood by his comments, he replied: I have to tread a very fine line, but I don't go back on my word with anybody.
  Synonyms
  promise, word of honour, assurance, guarantee, undertaking
4wordsThe text or spoken part of a play, opera, or other performed piece; a script.
台词，对白；歌词
he had to learn his words
他不得不记住他的台词。
Example sentencesExamples
- Performed without words, it is a deeply elemental, emotive and darkly comic piece of theatre.
- What the audience sees and hears in the film is the first time an actor has performed and uttered those words.
- So I just said the words on pieces of paper in front of the camera every day.
- When you see the casting tapes first it is weird because you are watching people speaking your words against a white plain background.
- Outside the cathedral, the words of the Battle Hymn of the Republic echoed over London.
- Later we realised we should've had the subtitles on so we could catch all the words to their squeaky little songs.
Synonyms
script, text
lyrics, libretto
5A basic unit of data in a computer, typically 16 or 32 bits long.
字（尤指16或32个字节的计算机数据基本单位）

verb wəːdwərd

with object Express (something spoken or written) in particular words.
he words his request in a particularly ironic way
他选用极具嘲讽性的词语来表述他的请求。
a strongly worded letter of protest
一封措辞强硬的抗议信。
Example sentencesExamples
- It would be aimed at one person, although it would be worded to cover all naturalised Indians.
- We worded a letter in such a way that it was OK for them to let our citizens out.
- She just hated the way her mother worded her problems with people when she spoke to them.
- He told it without any emotion and worded it as if it were coming from a text book.
- I guess I should have worded it better and used less background on my post.
- He also asked that an amendment be made to the incitement charge, which he admitted was erroneously worded.
- I could tell he wasn't quite sure the way he had worded it was the way he wanted it to come out.
- Even so, his boast that we ‘are overtaking the Conservatives’ was carefully worded.
- The reason that I mention it was that it came with a politely worded suggestion that I should change my browser.
- Moreover the survey was worded in such a way as to discourage any other reply, the alternatives being unlikely to attract votes.
- She had to be careful how she worded the question, for fear of upsetting or angering the short-tempered man.
- Looking at the way the relevant paragraph is worded, I can see how it might be read that way.
- These e-mails should be worded as carefully as any fundraising letter, if not more so.
- This strongly worded claim is not entirely without justification.
- The letter was worded in such a way that made the exam sound like something horrific.
- It was nicely worded, and enough to convince me to stay with the service.
- I ask the nurse for a scribbling pad and a pen and write out a carefully worded resignation.
- Public opinion on the issue often depends on how the topic is worded and framed in poll questions.
- A strongly worded letter is to be sent to the county council asking for an explanation.
- His voice was strong and the way he worded things made it sound like poetry.
Synonyms
phrase, express, put, couch, frame, set forth, formulate, style
say, utter, state

exclamation wəːdwərd

informal

Used to express agreement or affirmation.
Word, that's a good record, man

Phrases

at a word

As soon as requested.
一经要求，立即
ready to leave again at a word
准备随时再离开。
Example sentencesExamples
- Her favourites were lanterns that could come alive or die at a word, and an arrow that would hit whatever you wanted to hit, no matter how bad your aim was.
- The gunner's stopped the armoured artillery pieces, ready to fire at a word's notice.
- There was no seam or opening to be found on the box, yet at a word from Loarela, the top suddenly was no longer just a painting of a vortex, but an actual pit of darkness.
- Elizabeth tried to touch it, but stopped at a word from her mother.
- He ordered a cut-purse caught in the act to be hanged without a trial at a word from his royal mouth.’
- He consoled himself with the knowledge that the human was in his power, and that at a word the humans life would be ended.

be as good as one's word

Do what one has promised to do.
信守诺言
Philip was as good as his word about turning Richard into an actor
Example sentencesExamples
- Alesso was as good as his word and came to my studio by nine each morning.
- He wrote to my wife, Jeanette, while I was in prison, reassuring her that he would look after me, and he was as good as his word.
- Kerry told them she was going to pay off what she owed - and she was as good as her word.
- Our pilot, Dan, a young clean-cut Melburnian, promises us a spectacular trip and he is as good as his word.
- With hindsight maybe I should have left in my friend's car but when the police say they are coming you expect them to be as good as their word.
- Eleven years later, even his harshest critics would have to concede that Barry has been as good as his word.
- Adam was as good as his word about sending photographs of his children, but MaryAnn had a need to see them for real.
- Last week the Town Clerk was as good as his word when a total of 25 lime trees were put in specially prepared beds along the avenue.
- We got into a discussion, and he told me to come and see him when I came to London; and when I arrived, he was as good as his word.
- General Cunningham had promised that he would not leave Jerusalem until the last minute and he was as good as his word.

have a word

Speak briefly to someone.
简短地和某人说话
I'll just have a word with him
我只想和他说一两句话。
Example sentencesExamples
- The customer at the till is more likely to be talking on the phone than having a word with the shop assistant or the next person in the queue.
- I think he's having a word with the chairman in the next couple of weeks, and then I'll take it from there.
- Certainly, ward councillors will be having a word with officers and members of the executive regarding these proposed changes.
- I considered at one point going around and having a word with the hosts, to get them to ask their guests to be a little more respectful.
- She managed to get out of hospital this week after having a word or two with the doctor.
- The undertaking attracted the attention of several motorists, who stopped to have a word or two with the volunteers.
- But I'll be having a word with him because he put us under pressure.
- Announcing that he must have a word with the man in front, our jolly farmer prized himself out of the driver's seat and ambled up to the lead car.
- I will be having a word with the board to see whether we can maybe add one or two bodies to see if we can bolster things up a bit.
- He left in the interval but not before having a word with everyone who wished to meet him.
Synonyms
have a conversation, talk, have a talk, have a discussion, converse, communicate, chat, have a chat, pass the time of day, have a word, gossip, make conversation

have a word in someone's ear

Speak to someone privately or discreetly, especially to give them a warning.
和某人咬耳朵；和某人私下谈；私下警告某人
back in those days the referee would have a quiet word in your ear and warn you not to do it again
Example sentencesExamples
- If he doesn't know that this is not an appropriate costume for a member of the royal family to wear to a party, shouldn't one of his advisers had a word in his ear?
- The signs are that someone had a word in Andrew 's ear and convinced him not to put his name forward.
- Someone must have had a word in his ear because he looked fit to burst the moment he stepped down from his horse.
- I wouldn't stop him being England skipper, I'd just have a word in his ear.
- If he was an only child, maybe somebody should have a word in his ear…
- The local Labour leader has since had a word in the minister's ear regarding the conditions for their future support of their colleague.
- Well, it could be that they just found it dull but it is also possible that the super-powerful green jackets had a word in their ear and ‘asked’ them to play it down.
- We are there to support the London bid for the Olympic Games and we will certainly be having a word in his 's ear about the situation.
- Another denizen had a word in Ritchie's ear, and suggested that he try Hong Kong for a while.
- He might have a word in Bertie's ear and encourage him to resort to some land travel instead of spending millions on jets.

in other words

Expressed in a different way; that is to say.
换句话说，也就是说
The new cat treat has a 90-plus palatability level. In other words, cats like it
Example sentencesExamples
- The Minister's ruling, in other words, is not quite the definitive decision it might seem at first.
- Galloway, by contrast, was his usual self: in other words, a blustering demagogue.
- Today's woman is closer to today's man - in other words, shaped like a phone box.
- There is a difference, in other words, between tax minimisation and tax evasion.
- What, in other words, could possibly be gained by going over the same data that someone else has analysed?
- So in other words, the tribunal would make the judgment based on the nature of the claim itself.
- Yes, she was one of my friends, or in other words: another one of Meena's posses.
- What is lost with the passing of network TV, in other words, is the journalism of verification.
- There is no such thing, in other words, as a stimulus which produces the same emotional response in everyone.
- Where do they meet when you cross them - in other words, what can you cover with them?
Synonyms
namely, that is to say, that is, to wit, to be specific, specifically, in other words, to put it another way

in so many words

often with negativePrecisely in the way mentioned.
直截了当地；明确地
I haven't told him in so many words, but he'd understand
我没有直截了当地告诉他，但他会明白的。
Example sentencesExamples
- She told him, in so many words, ‘We're messing your son up, and maybe the psychologist can undo our damage.’
- On the USDA site, it says that, in so many words, this chart was tested to death on consumers for maximum comprehension.
- He not only called me a liar but also said, in so many words, ‘I'm alone this weekend and bored so I thought I'd ask you all out.’
- The president and his advisors want to duck responsibility by claiming, in so many words, that the Louisiana authorities didn't fill out the right forms.
- ‘If I don't win a major,’ the player will say in so many words, ‘I'll still have had a rewarding career.’
- She consulted with the manager, and told me, in so many words, that I lived in firestorm-and-lethal-radiation territory.
- Upon taking over the paper, he told reporters and editors in so many words that the paper was garbage and needed a complete makeover.
- None of them states this in so many words, but it is the inescapable consequence of their rhetoric about contracts and deals and obligations.
- I flipped through the magazine and an article says, in so many words, that being interested in celebrities is good for you.
- Without actually saying so in so many words, the author brings out the interplay of nature and nurture - of inherent character and the effect of environment.

in a word

Briefly.
简而言之，总之，一句话
Are there any real reasons to worry? In a word, plenty
Example sentencesExamples
- They just want some peace and quiet to reflect, or to lose themselves in a good novel, poem or piece of fine music - in a word to think.
- And the men in that part of the world are short, stocky and hairy - in a word, not very handsome.
- The back-to-back sets to follow are both, in a word, stellar.
- I like to think of listening to these three discs as an opportunity for true quality time with a true quality band: in a word, it's intimacy.
- Even in prison bureaucracies, policies that admit no possible exception are, in a word, stupid.
- I thought she was, in a word, gorgeous, and I vowed to have that haircut, or die trying.
- Likewise, the goal of capitalist corporations is to make the biggest return on investment possible, in a word, greed.
- It is complex; it is changing fast; it is, in a word, exciting.
- She was out of time, out of tune, out of breath - in a word, terrible.
- Everyone has a right to do this, of course, but seeing so much division between students makes me, in a word, sad.
Synonyms
to put it briefly, to be brief, briefly, in short, in a nutshell, succinctly, concisely, to come to the point, to cut a long story short, not to mince words, not to beat about the bush, not to put too fine a point on it

keep one's word

Do what one has promised.
信守诺言
you know that I always keep my word
Example sentencesExamples
- Carole found out what was going on and almost left him, but Merritt promised to quit and kept his word after the Vegas fight.
- I'm sure our leaders fought for this and kept their word to us the troops even in time of war.
- Always keep your word with children, in punishments as well as in rewards.
- They haven't kept their word on their ethical policy, he said.
- We've kept our word to display the vision around Christmas.
- It's just about keeping your word and not promising more than you can do.
- They always kept their word and I never had any problems throughout the shoot or afterwards when the film was shown in public.
- They're just saying you're a low swine who'd rather play word games than keep your word.
- ‘We impressed on the children not to leave litter behind and they kept their word,’ one of the escorts said.
- The strange thing about this is that, with all the great promises of positive stories, we can count on one hand the very few that have kept their word.

a man/woman of his/her word

A person who keeps their promises.
守信的人，遵守诺言的人
she was a woman of her word
他是个沉默寡言的人。
Example sentencesExamples
- He's a man of his word, and after Tuesday we will have a clearer indication.
- He knew Sarah was a woman of her word and she'd rather die than break it.
- Being a nice guy and a man of his word, Darren sent the information she'd requested as soon as he got a spare moment.
- Harry has proven himself to be absolutely a man of his word, a man of principle, a quiet spoken person with a very strong conviction and a good heart.
- A man of his word, he at last kept the promise he'd made to his wife in 1986 - the year they bought a shingled cottage.
- And again like Peter, I hope he will be a man of his word.
- Aimée smiled and nodded at Emily, knowing she was a woman of her word and thankful for it.
- Tyreen is also a man of his word and he fights alongside Dundee as he had pledged.
- They cite his ‘obvious love for the Papuan people’ and call him ‘a stickler for being a man of his word.’
- She described him as a man of his word and said they should trust reassurances he's made about any future Supreme Court appointments.

(on/upon) my word

An exclamation of surprise or emphasis.
我敢保证；说实在话（表示惊讶或强调）
my word, you were here quickly!
说真的，你到这儿真快！
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't know what they gave those bunnies, but my word were they placid.
- Many thanks to all (and my word, there were a lot of you!) who gave Rebecca a Christmas present.
- Oh my word, I mean I figured it contained some really screwed up people, but this?
- Maybe it won't turn out to be that significant, but my word, it could be.
- My word, it has an intense nose packed with honeysuckle, apricots and lime blossom.
- Oh my word, masterful execution there by the ladies, Johnny, just take us through the replay there!
- He was up there to be shot at and, my word, was he shot!
- We hooked up with the wedding party towards the inebriate end of the evening - my word, did we ever.
- My initial reaction is that, my word, this is a sport that is geared up to explode.
- He's a very cute and very active kid, and my word did he make spirited attempts at escape.

of few words

Taciturn.
沉默寡言的，很少话的
he's a man of few words
他是个沉默寡言的人。
Example sentencesExamples
- Some people might mistake you for shy but, truth is, you're just a bit reserved - a girl of few words.
- As a teenager of few words, he had not told his parents about his fever, not realizing that his silence aroused fears in his parents, the hospital and the judges.
- A quiet, laid-back Kentuckian of few words, Gullett bristles at the attention and praise.
- He's a man of few words and he carries a really big axe.
- They say that my dad is a man of few words, but he taught me by the quiet eloquence of his hard work and by his decency.
- Kate seems a woman of few words, but this reticence is more than made up for by the reminiscences of her friend and husband.
- The 18-year-old from Tarbert, a young man of few words, polled 60 per cent of eviction votes last Wednesday.
- The inescapable feeling that here was someone who was often silent, a man of few words, few thoughts, who simply existed.
- A shy man of few words, his face crackles with pride when he speaks of his prized piece: a mammoth, double-hosed shisha pipe.
- Perhaps it was our suspicious behaviour that caused her to be short with us, or perhaps she was having an off night, or maybe she is simply a woman of few words.
Synonyms
reticent, taciturn, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unresponsive, close-mouthed, close-lipped

put something into words

Express something in speech or writing.
用言语表达
he felt a vague disappointment which he couldn't put into words
他感到些许无法用言语表达的失望之情。
Example sentencesExamples
- Authors put their thoughts into words for the whole community to see and critique.
- In the brutalized area one kilometer to the south, a weeping community leader put that sadness into words of disbelief.
- I like to think that I am still creative, that I can still form coherent thoughts and put them into words.
- It was quite weird, but the minute I put pen to paper and started putting things into words, things suddenly seemed a lot easier.
- Mr Todd's wife, Marie, said: ‘I can't put my gratitude into words.
- Those are the facts, but they don't convey the emotions of this achievement, and I won't even try to put them into words.
- Sometimes you just can't put your agony into words.
- Though Pam had no doubt that her mom loved her, she didn't remember ever hearing her put it into words, let alone express it with an unsolicited hug or kiss.
- People with Huntington's often have difficulty putting thoughts into words and slur their speech.
- At one of our board meetings, when we were struggling to put our mission into words, Jerry skipped lunch and went off by himself.

put words into someone's mouth

1Inaccurately report what someone has said.
硬说某人说过某些话
Example sentencesExamples
- Well, there goes one journalist's attempt to put words into someone's mouth.
- Instead of putting words into the president's mouth in order to look smart, journalists ought to try looking up what he said.
- Police will not be able to put words into the detainee's mouth, but incriminating statements which appear on the tape will be difficult to deny.
- I've been critical of people or groups of people on my website, but in the case of non-public figures, I never named names or put words into their mouth.
1. 1.1Prompt someone to say something that they may not otherwise have said.
  教某人怎样讲
  Example sentencesExamples
  I didn't say that so don't go putting words into my mouth.
  My colleague did not say that at any time during the many answers she gave to questions in this House, and that member should not put words into her mouth.
  That's what… I mean, David, you don't put words into my mouth.
  I guess you could say that I sort of became a soldier of fortune, or something romantic like that but don't put words into my mouth, I didn't say ‘mercenary’.
  I am sorry, I am not trying to put words into the member's mouth.
  My apologies if I seemed to be putting words into your mouth.
  Please don't put words into my mouth that I have not used.
  I hate it when people put words into my mouth or when they imply something that I should do.
  They'll temper that with the suggestion that the mother put words into the boy 's mouth to come up with this story.
  In her last letter she asked her sister-in-law Elisabeth not to blame Louis-Charles and to remember how easy it is to put words into a child 's mouth.

spread the word

Share the information or news.
he spread the word about the charity's work
Example sentencesExamples
- The healthy pet educational program is spreading the word to pet owners that scraps do much more harm than they might realise.
- He has got some big names to help spread the word.
- We're proud to spread the word about how museum membership strengthens the vibrant cultural fabric of the Twin Cities.
- I joined so I could spread the word on tons of books that I know would have larger audiences, if only readers knew about them.
- It is very nice to know that he is doing good for the Sikh community by spreading the word of god.
- Our aim is to spread the word that exercising is the easiest and cheapest way to get fit.

take someone at their word

Interpret a person's words literally, especially by believing them or doing as they suggest.
相信某人说的话是真的
I take him at his word, for I cannot go to see for myself
Example sentencesExamples
- Everybody seemed to take them at their word but after just a few weeks, they have gone the other way.
- I'm only sorry that we didn't go public at the time… we took them at their word, but nothing has been done and four more years have passed.
- Not knowing who the individuals are at the moment, we have to take them at their word.
- Maybe we should take them at their word, and ask if they already do?
- If we take them at their word, the war is not going to solve this issue.
- I also believe that we would do well to take them at their word.
- Without sitting in on their selection meetings, we can only take them at their word.
- I learned that if someone says they are planning to kill you, it is wise to take them at their word.
- The farmers always said there was no room for sentiment in agriculture and so we'll take them at their word.
- When clubs begged us two years ago to do whatever was needed to get fixtures played in one calendar year we took them at their word.

take the words out of someone's mouth

Say what someone else was about to say.
先说出某人想讲的话
Example sentencesExamples
- Maybe my headline above takes the words out of the President's mouth these days.
- ‘You took the words out of my mouth,’ Milton smiled.
- ‘Yes,’ Efad replied, taking the words out of Justin 's mouth.
- Mr Carter's speech took the words out of my mouth.
- Natasha, that's exactly what I was about to say, you took the words out of my mouth.
- You can only mumble ‘You took the words out of my mouth… ‘quietly while the boss praises them.’

take someone's word (for it)

Believe what someone says or writes without checking for oneself.
轻信某人的话
I'm afraid you'll just have to take our word for it
Example sentencesExamples
- Don't take our word for it, check the Water Survey of Canada's factual database.
- Don't take my word for it, go to the site and check it out.
- They also took the officer's word for what speed he was doing.
- I'm just a guy writing about baseball on a website, so don't take my word for it.
- Of course, there was no demonstration this time but they took the manufacturer 's word for it.
- Anyway, we will take your word for it and believe you guys.
- All of these are clearly supported by Nicholas' report, but don't just take our word for that, check it against the full report.
- If you look closely at the screen - you'll have to take our word for this, or check out the original picture here - you can see the following.
- I had sent him a letter to say don't take my word for it - check with this list of other musicians.
- I didn't know whether to believe him, but I figured I would take his word for it since I had no proof that what he was saying was untrue.

too — for words

informal Extremely —
〈非正式〉很，极
going around by the road was too tedious for words
沿路四处逛真是乏味，简直无法用语言形容。
Example sentencesExamples
- It seems too dreadful for words to be indoors studying.
- The similarities are just too spooky for words.
- The piglets were, of course, too cute for words.
- It's too painful for words, and I hang on to a great deal of hope that there may yet come a day when we will see it return.
- The whole thing is just too ludicrous for words.
- Perhaps the government should encourage the banks to get their systems in place: this service sounds too outrageous for words.
- I swear, weekends are getting too chaotic for words.
- First of all a fearless, infallible hero pitted against a bunch of hoodlums and brutal, power-crazy politicians is too stereotypical for words.
- Why waste the time on the sort of gathering you've told me is too tedious for words?
- I don't believe these people have the air of 1962 about them, they are extremely modern hipsters, too cool for words.

waste words

1Talk in vain.
白费口舌
I take it that all my well-chosen words have been entirely wasted
Example sentencesExamples
- It is refreshing to listen to someone who never wastes words.
- He wished he could say it back but he wasn't one to waste words and he didn't feel love for her just yet, although he cared for her more as the days rolled by.
- Can I asked what happened or would I just be wasting words?
- Doyle wasn't a man of many words, and I'd never seen any point in wasting words, so we didn't talk until the bell rang.
2Talk or write at length.
啰啰嗦嗦地说
he wastes no words, though details are terribly important to him
Example sentencesExamples
- No need to waste words here: Not everyone in the gulag was a ‘prisoner of conscience ‘…
- He didn't often waste words when he spoke and his talks were always simple, yet highly motivating, as I imagine were his team talks.
- The lass did not waste words coming straight to the point.
- Why waste words when simple action will serve just as nicely.

the Word (of God)

1The Bible, or a part of it.
《圣经》，《圣经》的一部分
Example sentencesExamples
- What does the Word of God warn about replacing Bible Truth with human tradition?
- They are a new community centered around the teachings of the Word and the breaking of bread.
- The revelation of God is found in the Word of God, the gospel enshrined in the scriptures, and all claims for revelation must be brought back and tested there.
- We want to see another reformation in the church and so we are calling the church back to the Word of God, starting with the very first verse.
- However, remember that very few archaeologists are Christians and most would reject the historicity and authority of the Word of God.
- Does the Word of God plainly say that faith without works is a dead faith?
- In one of my classes we work on oral interpretations of the Word with seminarians.
- The First Reformation gave the Word of God back to the people.
- Do we measure other views by God's Word, or do we attempt to verify the Bible by the views of others?
- The members of that Bible study stood on the authority of the Word of God.
2Jesus Christ.
耶稣（见LOGOS ）
Example sentencesExamples
- Jesus Christ, as he is testified to us in the Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God, whom we are to hear, whom we are to trust and obey in life and in death.
- In short, Christ as the Word is associated both with creation and with redemption.
- Christ, as redemptive person and Word of God, is not to be encapsulated once-for-all in the historical Jesus.
- For Barth, Jesus Christ as the enfleshed Word of God is the basis for the doctrine of the Trinity.
- For Torrance, too, God's revelation, the Word of God is Jesus Christ.
- The Christian clings to that living and incarnate Word, in whom salvation is to be found.
- Other positions are more centred on Jesus Christ as the Word of God, who gives his distinctive teaching and example - often very different from the prevailing ethos.
- John's gospel offers deep reflection on the nature and meaning of Jesus as the revelatory Word of God.
- Jesus Christ, being the Word made flesh through the divine power of God, is what a real believer should know.

word for word

In exactly the same or, when translated, exactly equivalent words.
逐字地，一字不变地；逐字翻译，直译
Benjamin copied the verse down, word for word
Example sentencesExamples
- Anyway here is the URL for the article: and this is where he stole it from, word for word.
- We watch episodes over and over again… We know them word for word.
- It is the same thing you put in your complaint, word for word almost.
- Every child in the land knew it word for word by the following Monday.
- Students, at their examinations, had to reproduce their teachers' lessons word for word.
- This is a text message I received the other day from him - word for word.
- I wish I could translate the song for you guys word for word, but it would take too much time.
- Its editor apologised profusely and told us it is not their policy to lift stories word for word and it wouldn't happen again.
- The following is a transcript, nearly word for word, of a tape recording I made earlier tonight.
- Sign language is visual, and isn't always translated word for word into English.
Synonyms
verbatim, line for line, letter for letter, to the letter
verbatim, literal, exact, direct, precise, accurate, faithful, strict, undeviating

word gets (or goes) around

News or rumours spread.
word got around that he was on the verge of retirement
Example sentencesExamples
- There are only 15 people here who've got a job, so word gets around fast.
- In the small circle of professionals, bad business practices will kill a company very quickly as word gets around.
- Word gets around quickly about who's looking for trouble.
- I guess word gets around fast for even the teachers too.
- Word gets around much better than it used to.
- Once word gets around that its back, we'll start getting new members. "
- The audience seems to growing as word gets around about how much fun we have at gigs.
- Two girls attended the first class but the community centre chairman said she is confident more children will join when word gets around.
- But once unlicenced ones know they can come here and operate without any hassle word gets around.
- Town officials expect the numbers to grow as word gets around about the lottery.

word of honour

A solemn promise.
用名誉担保（表示正式许诺）
I'll be good to you always, I give you my word of honour
我将永远对你好，我用我的名誉担保。
Example sentencesExamples
- Not until we gave our word of honor did expressions cautiously start to change.
- He said on his word of honour that they had no connection with the Indian Communist Party.
- We thought we had their word of honour that these guys would be released much earlier.
- I know my duty well, and I give you my solemn word of honor that I will not disappoint you or our people.
- Kohl refused, saying he had given his word of honor.
- He was known for his meticulous interviews and his strict word of honor about protecting witness identity.
- Just fax us what you want, promising us on word of honor that you are over 18 and these and much more can be yours.
- We don't want your money, just your signature - and when the time comes, your willingness to carry through on your word of honor.
- This inn was visited by Russian inhabitants and French prisoners of war, who were granted freedom of movement on their word of honour.
- What I prefer is a handshake and a person's word of honor.
Synonyms
promise, word of honour, assurance, guarantee, undertaking

word of mouth

Spoken communication as a means of transmitting information.
slander is a defamatory statement made by word of mouth
as modifier word-of-mouth praise
Example sentencesExamples
- Information in Somalian culture is often communicated by word of mouth and radio is very important in this process.
- He subleased a small commercial kitchen and found customers mostly by word of mouth.
- Interestingly, the company doesn't do much advertising, instead relying on word-of-mouth and sponsorship of events.
- A good experience creates positive word-of-mouth, and that brings more customers.
- The business boomed, with new customers hearing about him mostly through word-of-mouth.
- He would like to know how negative word-of-mouth communication affects consumer thoughts about a product.
- The information is then spread by word of mouth and mobile phone text messages.
- The coast-to-coast operation works with almost no budget and has thrived on word-of-mouth since its inception.
- Lack of effective marketing has to be addressed and the makers should take pains to carry out word-of-mouth marketing of their films.
- There was virtually no publicity but the number of spectators kept increasing by the day, obviously due to word-of-mouth publicity.

the word on the street

informal A rumour or piece of information currently being circulated.
〈非正式〉街头谣言；街谈巷议
the word on the street is that there will be a major announcement soon
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘The word on the street,’ he grumbled, ‘is that if you buy this equipment you will be pulled over right away.’
- Is the word on the street true; has Hollywood really run out of ideas, or are these new Asian films just that good?
- According to the gardening media and the word on the street, the prince's weedy overgrown look is quite the thing this season.
- I think he may be donating money for a new pulmonary center or something, at least that's the word on the street.
- A good friend of mine writes in to say that the word on the street is that thankfully so far it seems that no students were hurt.
- The word on the street in Cork is that some investors are getting increasingly nervous as rental prices fall in certain parts of Ireland's second city.
- That is the word on the street and everybody in Wanganui knows that that seat will be gone.
- The word on the street however is that its main star will make a special appearance soon.
- The word on the street is that he has lost the political spotlight recently and wants to regain it.
- The word on the street at the height of the dotcom boom was that this was the figure to watch if you were interested in investing in growth companies.

words fail me

Used to express one's disbelief or dismay.
说不出话来；无法用言语表达失望（或气馁）
Example sentencesExamples
- When I think of what these young farmers are paid for working to produce a quality food and what these people who dream up the daft adverts are paid, words fail me.
- I am an English teacher but words fail me as I contemplate a racing future without him.
- Any sort of violence against innocent people is bad enough, but to attack schoolchildren… words fail me.
- Sometimes, after I read the news, words fail me.
- Let me offer my apologies for the swearing, but words fail me on occasions such as these.
- The Academy Award-winning actress is so awful in this film that words fail me.
- Taking money meant for charity is bad enough, but robbing from the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal - words fail me.
- I scrunch up my nose trying to explain exactly how I feel but my words fail me so I just skip it.
- Even today, nearly ten years on, I find that words fail me when I try to describe my feelings as the final whistle went and South Africa became world champions.
- It doesn't sound like hard work but it really is, and it's such a huge adrenaline rush that words fail me trying to describe it.

a word to the wise

A hint or brief explanation given, that being all that is required.
对明白人不用细说
typical restraints range from regulations to the occasional word to the wise
Example sentencesExamples
- But before you run out to the video store and whip out your rental card, a word to the wise.
- Concerned at the use of speed by young people, they created a radio campaign with the singer offering a word to the wise.
- Here's a word to the wise from someone who's experiencing late motherhood herself.
- For anyone with a vision of flocks of sheep being replaced by flocks of tourists, I have a word to the wise.
- But just a word to the wise, official traffic cop cars parked on the grassy knoll just of Thorburn Road give the game away.
- Finally, a word to the wise: When you display your fabulous portraits, put them out of range of those who will not be able to refrain from touching the works of art.
- Here's a word to the wise: it beats an annual return of 5% APR on your cash, and is a sexier investment to boot.
- Here's a word to the wise: if you treat your customers like an enemy long enough, that's exactly what they'll become.
- Just a word to the wise: Yesterday security at the DNC was confiscating umbrellas, and any bottles of water.
- Concerns about reliability and validity creep in, and I offer a word to the wise to take their results with a grain of salt.

Phrasal Verbs

word up

as imperativeListen.
〈黑人英语〉听着
word up, my brother, you got me high as a kite
听着，我的兄弟，你把我灌得烂醉如泥了。

Derivatives

wordage

noun ˈwəːdɪdʒˈwərdɪdʒ

For the most part, he said, it was the wordage that was worrying people.
Example sentencesExamples
- O'Dell wrote it in a fund-raising letter so its veracity and exact wordage are not in doubt.
- When I get the paper copies of the Sundays I'm tempted to try and calculate the average wordage thrown at the assiduous reader on a typical Sunday.
- It's not that I don't have the vocabulary - I'm actually pretty proud of my wordage - but I'm just not adept at using those words effectively.
- He was once commissioned to write a history of West Indies cricket, but got so immersed in the research that he overran the wordage by several thousand.

wordlessly

adverbˈwəːdləsliˈwərdləsli

Without the use of words or speech.
they find a way to communicate wordlessly
Example sentencesExamples
- the waitress wordlessly handed us two menus
- Nearby, a woman and her daughter clasped each other, crying wordlessly.
- Afterwards he went around, palm up, wordlessly asking for something, anything.
- He took the shovel from me and wordlessly filled the hole in, even spread some snow overtop to make it look undisturbed.

wordlessness

nounˈwəːdləsnəsˈwərdləsnəs

First, the wordlessness of the film clips has an extraordinary, incalculable effect.
My problem is that the bouts of wordlessness are getting more frequent, and it leaves me wondering if it will it be worth carrying on.
Example sentencesExamples
- Silence is allied to wordlessness; wordlessness is allied to music.
- Is it that wordlessness that prompts you to work in film for certain projects rather than in theatre?
- The wordlessness of the film clips has an extraordinary, incalculable effect.
- Wordlessness, it appears, is not a usual state for characters in his plays.
- One can never really write about suffering; and death, by definition, takes us into the realm of wordlessness.

Origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch woord and German Wort, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin verbum 'word'.

Word is ultimately related to Latin verbum, the source of verb (Late Middle English), proverb (Middle English) the ‘pro’ here having the sense ‘put forth’, and verbal (Late Middle English). ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God’ are the first words of the Gospel of John, which continues: ‘And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…full of grace and truth.’ To eat your words is first found in a 1571 translation of a work by the French Protestant theologian John Calvin: ‘God eateth not his word when he hath once spoken.’ A word in your ear is of similar vintage, coming from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing: ‘Come you hither sirra, a word in your ear, sir’. People sometimes say a word to the wise or a word to the wise is enough to imply that only a hint or brief explanation is required. The wording of the first English use, at the start of the 16th century, was ‘Few words may serve the wise’, although the concept was expressed much earlier than that in the Latin saying verbum sapienti sat est, sometimes shortened to verb sap.

Rhymes

absurd, bird, Byrd, curd, engird, gird, Heard, herd, Kurd, misheard, nerd, overheard, reheard, third, undergird, undeterred, unheard, unstirred

Definition of word in US English:

word

nounwərdwərd

1A single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed.
词，字
Example sentencesExamples
- But, one is never really sure how a single word or sentence out of a whole post can affect the way in which a reader is going to comment.
- However, the emphasis here should be on the word meaningful.
- If they were able to recall the target word, they had to write the word in the appropriate numbered space.
- What kind of a person even gives that sort of nonsense the time of day, let alone writes six-hundred-odd words about it?
- The door was unmarked and completely blank except for a single word written in a dark red script: Wayward.
- Then, he picked out a piece of paper and unfolded the paper that had the word, Dianna written on it.
- We can sum him up in a single sentence, a single word will probably do.
- Etymological analysis sought to explain the meaning of individual words within sentences.
- What made it funny were the words written on the side of the van.
- Well, he had some choice words for both sides in this conflict in his speech.
- I then realised that the letter A at the beginning of a word signifies that the word should have been printed in bold or italic.
- He hadn't seen this side of Ron yet, this, for lack of a better word, bitchy side and he was strangely unsurprised by it.
- You'll have to excuse my rather bland choice of words in the initial sentence.
- He attempted to say a few things, but none of the noises actually turned into words let alone sentences.
- If foul language could be banned in schools then perhaps we could hear people talking English without hearing the F word in every sentence.
- The cooler comes in a red/black box with the words Dual Fan Series printed on the front side.
- By 7 children should be able to read and write simple words and structure simple sentences.
- In her short time in this organized hell, Cassie understood the meaning of the word alone.
- Both of them got in a long conversation too many big words and weird sentences.
- Some of the contributors here took issue with the meaning of the word print itself.
Synonyms
term, name, expression, designation, locution
1. 1.1 A single distinct conceptual unit of language, comprising inflected and variant forms.
  （包括屈折和变体形式的）词，单词，字
  Example sentencesExamples
  All I will say is that this movie was true in the basic sense of the word.
  He is a knowledge worker in all senses of the word and carries a message everyone involved in best practise in education should hear.
2. 1.2usually words Something that someone says or writes; a remark or piece of information.
  话；词句
  his grandfather's words had been meant kindly
  他祖父说的话是一番好意。
  a word of warning
  一句警告话。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Ministry of Justice subsequently released a statement condemning the words of Grigorov.
  But any cautionary words in the outlook statement could damage the share's high rating.
  She was also willing to offer some words of advice to anyone thinking of following in her footsteps.
  There he remained for most of the first half, only emerging intermittently to offer words of criticism or encouragement.
  Jake almost fell off his chair as the other man's words sank in.
  One day when Zhang was on a bus, a young man beside him smoked and would not listen to his words of warning about smoking.
  He believes the players responded to his critical words and that his replacement should have been acquired last summer.
  What they say has relevance over time, even if their words were prompted by particular moments in time.
  In true Marley style, this little book will uplift you and offer you sound words of advice when you need it most.
  Those are strong words especially in discussing the actions of a political party holding power as a government.
  I stroked his head and murmured calming words and it seemed to help.
  Her father's words echoed through her mind.
  Nancy spoke specifically about the words offered by the senior minister at her church.
  The other woman, her voice lower, murmured some words of consolation to her friend.
  She later claimed that the press had distorted her words and repudiated the statement.
  Charles Darwin once visited, and his words about the view have been engraved on a rock.
  He was speaking Che's words, make no mistake, and the Soviets had turned against that, turned inward.
  Citizens are welcome to e-mail the Senator here to offer him their kind words of support.
  Thank you all so much for your kind words of encouragement and support regarding yesterday's post.
  These are words spoken by Queen Juliana when she was inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands in 1948.
  Synonyms
  remark, comment, statement, utterance, observation, pronouncement, declaration
3. 1.3 Speech as distinct from action.
  （不同于行动的）言，言语
  he conforms in word and deed to the values of a society that he rejects
  他在言行上都遵循他所摈弃的社会价值观。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He inspires more by deed than word, but he has his anonymous games, as any forward does.
  It was a place where I no longer had to worry about the possible negative repercussions of my every word and deed.
  Here is an example where kind, brave actions speak louder then violent words.
  As one of the pillars of democracy, they have the right to question every word and deed.
  The crucial distinction between the fifties and sixties lay in word, not in deed.
  He has handled this general problem very poorly in both word and deed.
  There is, when it comes to the arts, a massive dislocation between word and deed.
  Why is everyone falling in love with Bridget when she's let her looks go to pot and appears in word, deed and fashion air-brained?
  The villains are truly dangerous and the heroes are valiant in word and deed.
  Britain, she said in word and deed, demanded boldness: find it in me!
  They will not be satisfied until we agree with them and prove that we agree with them in thought, word and deed.
  Actions, he knows, speak louder than words as he passes on the benefit of his defensive experience to those who seek to emulate.
  We cannot know what is going on in the minds of our fellow human beings unless they manifest it by word or deed.
  In short, our actions will always speak louder than images and words offered by others.
  They reclaim a union between word and deed, utterance and action.
  In word and deed, he is an ideal man: a perfect son, a true husband, an excellent friend and a noble enemy.
  He loved women, especially brilliant women, and promoted them in word and deed.
  But our past is fraught with his infidelity in word, in deed and most likely in his heart and mind.
  Kumar has never harmed anyone by thought, word or deed, as far as I know.
  He is not known for making idle threats, and his words very quickly manifest themselves as deeds.
4. 1.4a wordwith negative Even the smallest amount of something spoken or written.
  一个字（所说或所写的最小量）
  don't believe a word of it
  一个字也别信。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In fact, they didn't speak a word till it was over and once it was over, they clapped.
  I was standing like a lemon on the stage without a word in my head and not a soul to help me.
  Famous faces appear without saying a word, prompting the speculation that a good deal of footage may have been left on the cutting room floor.
  Steve's unchanged expression showed that he didn't believe a word Miles had just spoken.
  She didn't speak a word of English when she arrived in Manchester 18 months ago - but is now top of the class.
  They continued down the hallway without another word, passing many officers as they did.
  Previous attempts have failed as I have always come face-to-face with salesmen who don't appear to speak a word of English.
  I cried for each time I had a school report that had not even one good word to say about him on it.
  But he is adamant that there is not a word of truth in any of these stories, and that, for the time being at least, he is here to stay.
  More than a decade after her fall from power, there are still ordinary, otherwise sane people who wouldn't hear a word spoken against her.
  The people who know me well don't believe a word of what is written by the media.
  No matter how many experts you throw at them, they won't believe a word spoken by them.
  Not a word was spoken to explain the missiles raining down.
  That wouldn't do at all for the journalist, who solved that little problem by not quoting a single word that I wrote to her.
  For a start none of us spoke a word of Spanish, we had been busy learning French!
  I do not speak a word of Italian, nor do I know anything about the different regions etc as I would with France.
  It comes out on Wednesdays and never prints a single word of world or national news.
  After all, they argued, the President had not said a word in his message about the military reform.
  Not a word was spoken throughout with many visibly shaken faces along the route.
  Michael gets in one last hit on Keelah before he went back upstairs to his computer without saying a word.
5. 1.5one's word A person's account of the truth, especially when it differs from that of another person.
  （尤指与他人不同的）证词
  in court it would have been his word against mine
  在法庭上，他的证词就会与我的不同。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you accept her word, you are saying that my word, because I gave it first, is not to be believed.
  When I asked if I could fight this in court, I was advised that it was my word against theirs.
  Take my word for it, the slower version is quite fast enough.
  It's the attendant's word against that of a patient who can only communicate using ACC.
  She was condemned on her word alone without proof and lacked defense counsel.
  Unfortunately, there are no special identifying marks on the belt to authenticate its once owner, and in fact there's now only my word that his son passed it on to me.
  Sex offences can be difficult to prove or disprove as it often comes down to one person's word against the other's.
  Here's a video clip proving it in case you were inclined to doubt my word.
  Take my word for it, if you know anything about the rarity of a true hip hop standout, then you will be at this show.
  For those who require proof beyond my word for this, take a look at Google's cache of the News Online Politics page.
6. 1.6one's word A promise or assurance.
  诺言；保证
  everything will be taken care of—you have my word
  一切都会关照好的-我向你保证。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I had given United my word - in the presence of my father.
  You may find it hard to trust my word, and the feeling is mutual I assure you.
  Asked if he now stood by his comments, he replied: I have to tread a very fine line, but I don't go back on my word with anybody.
  Rest assured your email address is safe, I will not be passing it on to anyone, you have my word.
  I regard his statements that my word cannot be believed as offensive, and I would ask him to withdraw and apologise.
  John, you have my word we'll talk about those other officers and what they're struggling with right now.
  By then I had already made a promise to Dundee, and I wasn't going to go back on my word.
  She has appealed to her own family's codes of respect and faithfulness to one's word.
  The critical issue is whether a university's word can be trusted - and on current evidence it cannot.
  When the waitress arrives, Beanie's mother remains true to her word and orders only coffee.
  I don't want to do it but I've given my word so what can I do?
  We can only do our best to hold the administration to its word.
  My parents always make me live up to my word so I asked them to live up to theirs.
  I've kept good on my word not to rattle the tin cup between quarterly fund drives and shall do so till next quarter.
  We cannot rid the world of drugs but I give you my word that I will work to ensure that our kids have less access to them.
  I realise that this is a retraction of my word given to the Reverend.
  I assured him that I had none of the above, but my word was not good enough.
  It cracks me up that I'm being held to my word from that one interview when I said I wouldn't write a love song.
  I always promise, but it's generally understood that my word means nothing.
  It is important that they be so, for science needs good communicators whose word can be trusted.
  Synonyms
  promise, word of honour, assurance, guarantee, undertaking
7. 1.7words The text or spoken part of a play, opera, or other performed piece; a script.
  台词，对白；歌词
  he had to learn his words
  他不得不记住他的台词。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What the audience sees and hears in the film is the first time an actor has performed and uttered those words.
  When you see the casting tapes first it is weird because you are watching people speaking your words against a white plain background.
  So I just said the words on pieces of paper in front of the camera every day.
  Later we realised we should've had the subtitles on so we could catch all the words to their squeaky little songs.
  Outside the cathedral, the words of the Battle Hymn of the Republic echoed over London.
  Performed without words, it is a deeply elemental, emotive and darkly comic piece of theatre.
  Synonyms
  script, text
8. 1.8words Angry talk.
  口角，吵架
  her father would have had words with her about that
  她父亲准会为那事和她吵嘴。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When we got into a scuffle he had words with the both of us, but said nothing about the penalties he had given away.
  This was definitely not my type of movie and I even had words with the person that insisted I use up my time to sit and watch it.
  After receiving a complaint we went down and had words with them.
  In the first half, the referee had words with Tingle, when the player said a North Burton goal was offside.
  I also had words with my manager, as he had changed the roster for next week without my consultation.
  Ferguson hurried-up Kyrgiakos in the first half but he also had words with the other two as well.
  He had words with the referee after the game concerning the foul that led to the second goal.
  Peggy reckons that he's crawled off to sulk after she had words with him.
  The manager has had words with his squad and is determined to cut out the niggling dissent.
  Synonyms
  quarrel, argue, disagree, row, squabble, bicker, fight, wrangle, dispute, feud, have a row, cross swords, lock horns, clash, be at each other's throats
9. 1.9 A message; news.
  消息，信息
  I was afraid to leave Washington in case there was word from the office
  我不想离开爱丁堡，怕万一陆军部有消息传来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Redundancies are never happy news, but word reached El Reg that things were not handled terribly delicately in Bristol.
  The family had had difficulties because word had got about in the local community that the youth was responsible for the burglaries.
  Instead Paul Krugman puts the word out that the Commander in Chief just may be crazy.
  HP has not issued word on exactly how many workers will get the axe.
  Mercury received word from Intel last week that the engineering firm is wanted on the job immediately.
  In fact, word went around among the five- and six-year-olds that she was a witch.
  In fact word has it that this sort of cross-airline move is not really an option available to staff.
  I grimaced, as dutifully I passed the word to Mission Command in the orbiting HMS Cardiff above.
  This would not be the last word on the issue, because we need facts and information to come to a final verdict.
  You should know I live in a small community and that word travels fast around here.
  The word was that an order had come down from the White House that the Pentagon's contingency planning was to be shelved immediately.
  Members spread the word by text messages, e-mails and leaflets which are handed out in towns and cities.
  His father said he passed word from a dispatcher to his son that they should stay low and that firefighters were working their way up.
  In fact, word has it that the unbelieving William III even referred petitioners he turned away to his vanquished rivals.
  Bamberger had left word at my office that there were more documents for me to inspect.
  But their concerns grew after Mrs Upton did not arrive and with communications in chaos, there remained no word of her.
  The last thing you want when running an international campaign is word that the locals are restless.
  There was still no word of Hess's whereabouts when the communique was broadcast at 8pm that evening.
  If a really big one hits a remote area, it might become news, if word eventually gets back to the metropolis.
  In fact, word spread so quickly about the club, that people were travelling from all over Bradford to go to the meetings.
  Synonyms
  news, information, communication, intelligence, notice
  rumour, hearsay, talk, gossip
10. 1.10 A command, password, or motto.
  命令；口令；格言
  someone gave me the word to start playing
  有人给了我开始比赛的口令。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He gave her directions onto a narrow winding road, and told her to drive down it until he gave her the word to stop.
  Synonyms
  instruction, order, command
  command, order, decree, edict, mandate
11. 1.11 A basic unit of data in a computer, typically 16 or 32 bits long.
  字（尤指16或32个字节的计算机数据基本单位）

verbwərdwərd

[with object]

Choose and use particular words in order to say or write (something)
选用词语表达（某事），措辞
he words his request in a particularly ironic way
他选用极具嘲讽性的词语来表述他的请求。
a strongly worded letter of protest
一封措辞强硬的抗议信。
Example sentencesExamples
- I guess I should have worded it better and used less background on my post.
- I could tell he wasn't quite sure the way he had worded it was the way he wanted it to come out.
- He also asked that an amendment be made to the incitement charge, which he admitted was erroneously worded.
- A strongly worded letter is to be sent to the county council asking for an explanation.
- I ask the nurse for a scribbling pad and a pen and write out a carefully worded resignation.
- This strongly worded claim is not entirely without justification.
- The letter was worded in such a way that made the exam sound like something horrific.
- These e-mails should be worded as carefully as any fundraising letter, if not more so.
- The reason that I mention it was that it came with a politely worded suggestion that I should change my browser.
- It was nicely worded, and enough to convince me to stay with the service.
- His voice was strong and the way he worded things made it sound like poetry.
- Even so, his boast that we ‘are overtaking the Conservatives’ was carefully worded.
- She had to be careful how she worded the question, for fear of upsetting or angering the short-tempered man.
- She just hated the way her mother worded her problems with people when she spoke to them.
- Moreover the survey was worded in such a way as to discourage any other reply, the alternatives being unlikely to attract votes.
- He told it without any emotion and worded it as if it were coming from a text book.
- We worded a letter in such a way that it was OK for them to let our citizens out.
- Looking at the way the relevant paragraph is worded, I can see how it might be read that way.
- Public opinion on the issue often depends on how the topic is worded and framed in poll questions.
- It would be aimed at one person, although it would be worded to cover all naturalised Indians.
Synonyms
phrase, express, put, couch, frame, set forth, formulate, style

exclamationwərdwərd

informal

Used to express agreement.
“That Jay is one dangerous character.” “Word.”

Phrases

at a word

As soon as requested.
一经要求，立即
ready to leave again at a word
准备随时再离开。
Example sentencesExamples
- There was no seam or opening to be found on the box, yet at a word from Loarela, the top suddenly was no longer just a painting of a vortex, but an actual pit of darkness.
- Elizabeth tried to touch it, but stopped at a word from her mother.
- He ordered a cut-purse caught in the act to be hanged without a trial at a word from his royal mouth.’
- The gunner's stopped the armoured artillery pieces, ready to fire at a word's notice.
- Her favourites were lanterns that could come alive or die at a word, and an arrow that would hit whatever you wanted to hit, no matter how bad your aim was.
- He consoled himself with the knowledge that the human was in his power, and that at a word the humans life would be ended.

be as good as one's word

Do what one has promised to do.
信守诺言
Example sentencesExamples
- Alesso was as good as his word and came to my studio by nine each morning.
- He wrote to my wife, Jeanette, while I was in prison, reassuring her that he would look after me, and he was as good as his word.
- With hindsight maybe I should have left in my friend's car but when the police say they are coming you expect them to be as good as their word.
- Our pilot, Dan, a young clean-cut Melburnian, promises us a spectacular trip and he is as good as his word.
- Eleven years later, even his harshest critics would have to concede that Barry has been as good as his word.
- Last week the Town Clerk was as good as his word when a total of 25 lime trees were put in specially prepared beds along the avenue.
- Adam was as good as his word about sending photographs of his children, but MaryAnn had a need to see them for real.
- Kerry told them she was going to pay off what she owed - and she was as good as her word.
- We got into a discussion, and he told me to come and see him when I came to London; and when I arrived, he was as good as his word.
- General Cunningham had promised that he would not leave Jerusalem until the last minute and he was as good as his word.

have a word

Speak briefly to someone.
简短地和某人说话
I'll just have a word with him
我只想和他说一两句话。
Example sentencesExamples
- Certainly, ward councillors will be having a word with officers and members of the executive regarding these proposed changes.
- He left in the interval but not before having a word with everyone who wished to meet him.
- I considered at one point going around and having a word with the hosts, to get them to ask their guests to be a little more respectful.
- But I'll be having a word with him because he put us under pressure.
- She managed to get out of hospital this week after having a word or two with the doctor.
- I will be having a word with the board to see whether we can maybe add one or two bodies to see if we can bolster things up a bit.
- I think he's having a word with the chairman in the next couple of weeks, and then I'll take it from there.
- The customer at the till is more likely to be talking on the phone than having a word with the shop assistant or the next person in the queue.
- Announcing that he must have a word with the man in front, our jolly farmer prized himself out of the driver's seat and ambled up to the lead car.
- The undertaking attracted the attention of several motorists, who stopped to have a word or two with the volunteers.
Synonyms
have a conversation, talk, have a talk, have a discussion, converse, communicate, chat, have a chat, pass the time of day, have a word, gossip, make conversation

in other words

Expressed in a different way; that is to say.
换句话说，也就是说
Example sentencesExamples
- What, in other words, could possibly be gained by going over the same data that someone else has analysed?
- Where do they meet when you cross them - in other words, what can you cover with them?
- What is lost with the passing of network TV, in other words, is the journalism of verification.
- The Minister's ruling, in other words, is not quite the definitive decision it might seem at first.
- So in other words, the tribunal would make the judgment based on the nature of the claim itself.
- Yes, she was one of my friends, or in other words: another one of Meena's posses.
- There is a difference, in other words, between tax minimisation and tax evasion.
- There is no such thing, in other words, as a stimulus which produces the same emotional response in everyone.
- Today's woman is closer to today's man - in other words, shaped like a phone box.
- Galloway, by contrast, was his usual self: in other words, a blustering demagogue.
Synonyms
namely, that is to say, that is, to wit, to be specific, specifically, in other words, to put it another way

in so many words

often with negativeIn the way mentioned.
直截了当地；明确地
I haven't told him in so many words, but he'd understand
我没有直截了当地告诉他，但他会明白的。
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘If I don't win a major,’ the player will say in so many words, ‘I'll still have had a rewarding career.’
- The president and his advisors want to duck responsibility by claiming, in so many words, that the Louisiana authorities didn't fill out the right forms.
- He not only called me a liar but also said, in so many words, ‘I'm alone this weekend and bored so I thought I'd ask you all out.’
- I flipped through the magazine and an article says, in so many words, that being interested in celebrities is good for you.
- Upon taking over the paper, he told reporters and editors in so many words that the paper was garbage and needed a complete makeover.
- Without actually saying so in so many words, the author brings out the interplay of nature and nurture - of inherent character and the effect of environment.
- On the USDA site, it says that, in so many words, this chart was tested to death on consumers for maximum comprehension.
- She consulted with the manager, and told me, in so many words, that I lived in firestorm-and-lethal-radiation territory.
- She told him, in so many words, ‘We're messing your son up, and maybe the psychologist can undo our damage.’
- None of them states this in so many words, but it is the inescapable consequence of their rhetoric about contracts and deals and obligations.

in a word

Briefly.
简而言之，总之，一句话
Example sentencesExamples
- She was out of time, out of tune, out of breath - in a word, terrible.
- And the men in that part of the world are short, stocky and hairy - in a word, not very handsome.
- Likewise, the goal of capitalist corporations is to make the biggest return on investment possible, in a word, greed.
- They just want some peace and quiet to reflect, or to lose themselves in a good novel, poem or piece of fine music - in a word to think.
- The back-to-back sets to follow are both, in a word, stellar.
- It is complex; it is changing fast; it is, in a word, exciting.
- Everyone has a right to do this, of course, but seeing so much division between students makes me, in a word, sad.
- Even in prison bureaucracies, policies that admit no possible exception are, in a word, stupid.
- I thought she was, in a word, gorgeous, and I vowed to have that haircut, or die trying.
- I like to think of listening to these three discs as an opportunity for true quality time with a true quality band: in a word, it's intimacy.
Synonyms
to put it briefly, to be brief, briefly, in short, in a nutshell, succinctly, concisely, to come to the point, to cut a long story short, not to mince words, not to beat about the bush, not to put too fine a point on it

keep one's word

Do what one has promised.
信守诺言
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm sure our leaders fought for this and kept their word to us the troops even in time of war.
- We've kept our word to display the vision around Christmas.
- They always kept their word and I never had any problems throughout the shoot or afterwards when the film was shown in public.
- Carole found out what was going on and almost left him, but Merritt promised to quit and kept his word after the Vegas fight.
- Always keep your word with children, in punishments as well as in rewards.
- They haven't kept their word on their ethical policy, he said.
- The strange thing about this is that, with all the great promises of positive stories, we can count on one hand the very few that have kept their word.
- They're just saying you're a low swine who'd rather play word games than keep your word.
- It's just about keeping your word and not promising more than you can do.
- ‘We impressed on the children not to leave litter behind and they kept their word,’ one of the escorts said.

a man/woman of his/her word

A person who keeps their promises.
守信的人，遵守诺言的人
Example sentencesExamples
- She described him as a man of his word and said they should trust reassurances he's made about any future Supreme Court appointments.
- Aimée smiled and nodded at Emily, knowing she was a woman of her word and thankful for it.
- He's a man of his word, and after Tuesday we will have a clearer indication.
- He knew Sarah was a woman of her word and she'd rather die than break it.
- A man of his word, he at last kept the promise he'd made to his wife in 1986 - the year they bought a shingled cottage.
- They cite his ‘obvious love for the Papuan people’ and call him ‘a stickler for being a man of his word.’
- Tyreen is also a man of his word and he fights alongside Dundee as he had pledged.
- And again like Peter, I hope he will be a man of his word.
- Harry has proven himself to be absolutely a man of his word, a man of principle, a quiet spoken person with a very strong conviction and a good heart.
- Being a nice guy and a man of his word, Darren sent the information she'd requested as soon as he got a spare moment.

(on/upon) my word

An exclamation of surprise or emphasis.
我敢保证；说实在话（表示惊讶或强调）
my word, you were here quickly!
说真的，你到这儿真快！
Example sentencesExamples
- Oh my word, masterful execution there by the ladies, Johnny, just take us through the replay there!
- My initial reaction is that, my word, this is a sport that is geared up to explode.
- Maybe it won't turn out to be that significant, but my word, it could be.
- My word, it has an intense nose packed with honeysuckle, apricots and lime blossom.
- He's a very cute and very active kid, and my word did he make spirited attempts at escape.
- Many thanks to all (and my word, there were a lot of you!) who gave Rebecca a Christmas present.
- Oh my word, I mean I figured it contained some really screwed up people, but this?
- He was up there to be shot at and, my word, was he shot!
- We hooked up with the wedding party towards the inebriate end of the evening - my word, did we ever.
- I don't know what they gave those bunnies, but my word were they placid.

of few words

Taciturn.
沉默寡言的，很少话的
he's a man of few words
他是个沉默寡言的人。
Example sentencesExamples
- A quiet, laid-back Kentuckian of few words, Gullett bristles at the attention and praise.
- As a teenager of few words, he had not told his parents about his fever, not realizing that his silence aroused fears in his parents, the hospital and the judges.
- Perhaps it was our suspicious behaviour that caused her to be short with us, or perhaps she was having an off night, or maybe she is simply a woman of few words.
- The 18-year-old from Tarbert, a young man of few words, polled 60 per cent of eviction votes last Wednesday.
- They say that my dad is a man of few words, but he taught me by the quiet eloquence of his hard work and by his decency.
- The inescapable feeling that here was someone who was often silent, a man of few words, few thoughts, who simply existed.
- A shy man of few words, his face crackles with pride when he speaks of his prized piece: a mammoth, double-hosed shisha pipe.
- Some people might mistake you for shy but, truth is, you're just a bit reserved - a girl of few words.
- He's a man of few words and he carries a really big axe.
- Kate seems a woman of few words, but this reticence is more than made up for by the reminiscences of her friend and husband.
Synonyms
reticent, taciturn, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unresponsive, close-mouthed, close-lipped

put something into words

Express something in speech or writing.
用言语表达
he felt a vague disappointment which he couldn't put into words
他感到些许无法用言语表达的失望之情。
Example sentencesExamples
- Sometimes you just can't put your agony into words.
- In the brutalized area one kilometer to the south, a weeping community leader put that sadness into words of disbelief.
- People with Huntington's often have difficulty putting thoughts into words and slur their speech.
- Mr Todd's wife, Marie, said: ‘I can't put my gratitude into words.
- Though Pam had no doubt that her mom loved her, she didn't remember ever hearing her put it into words, let alone express it with an unsolicited hug or kiss.
- It was quite weird, but the minute I put pen to paper and started putting things into words, things suddenly seemed a lot easier.
- I like to think that I am still creative, that I can still form coherent thoughts and put them into words.
- Authors put their thoughts into words for the whole community to see and critique.
- At one of our board meetings, when we were struggling to put our mission into words, Jerry skipped lunch and went off by himself.
- Those are the facts, but they don't convey the emotions of this achievement, and I won't even try to put them into words.

put words into someone's mouth

1Falsely or inaccurately report what someone has said.
硬说某人说过某些话
Example sentencesExamples
- Police will not be able to put words into the detainee's mouth, but incriminating statements which appear on the tape will be difficult to deny.
- Well, there goes one journalist's attempt to put words into someone's mouth.
- Instead of putting words into the president's mouth in order to look smart, journalists ought to try looking up what he said.
- I've been critical of people or groups of people on my website, but in the case of non-public figures, I never named names or put words into their mouth.
1. 1.1Prompt or encourage someone to say something that they may not otherwise have said.
  教某人怎样讲
  Example sentencesExamples
  I guess you could say that I sort of became a soldier of fortune, or something romantic like that but don't put words into my mouth, I didn't say ‘mercenary’.
  My colleague did not say that at any time during the many answers she gave to questions in this House, and that member should not put words into her mouth.
  I hate it when people put words into my mouth or when they imply something that I should do.
  My apologies if I seemed to be putting words into your mouth.
  That's what… I mean, David, you don't put words into my mouth.
  Please don't put words into my mouth that I have not used.
  I didn't say that so don't go putting words into my mouth.
  They'll temper that with the suggestion that the mother put words into the boy 's mouth to come up with this story.
  I am sorry, I am not trying to put words into the member's mouth.
  In her last letter she asked her sister-in-law Elisabeth not to blame Louis-Charles and to remember how easy it is to put words into a child 's mouth.

take someone at their word

Interpret a person's words literally or exactly, especially by believing them or doing as they suggest.
相信某人说的话是真的
Example sentencesExamples
- If we take them at their word, the war is not going to solve this issue.
- Not knowing who the individuals are at the moment, we have to take them at their word.
- Everybody seemed to take them at their word but after just a few weeks, they have gone the other way.
- When clubs begged us two years ago to do whatever was needed to get fixtures played in one calendar year we took them at their word.
- I also believe that we would do well to take them at their word.
- I learned that if someone says they are planning to kill you, it is wise to take them at their word.
- Without sitting in on their selection meetings, we can only take them at their word.
- Maybe we should take them at their word, and ask if they already do?
- The farmers always said there was no room for sentiment in agriculture and so we'll take them at their word.
- I'm only sorry that we didn't go public at the time… we took them at their word, but nothing has been done and four more years have passed.

take the words out of someone's mouth

Say what someone else was about to say.
先说出某人想讲的话
Example sentencesExamples
- Maybe my headline above takes the words out of the President's mouth these days.
- You can only mumble ‘You took the words out of my mouth… ‘quietly while the boss praises them.’
- Natasha, that's exactly what I was about to say, you took the words out of my mouth.
- ‘Yes,’ Efad replied, taking the words out of Justin 's mouth.
- ‘You took the words out of my mouth,’ Milton smiled.
- Mr Carter's speech took the words out of my mouth.

take someone's word (for it)

Believe what someone says or writes without checking for oneself.
轻信某人的话
Example sentencesExamples
- Anyway, we will take your word for it and believe you guys.
- If you look closely at the screen - you'll have to take our word for this, or check out the original picture here - you can see the following.
- They also took the officer's word for what speed he was doing.
- I had sent him a letter to say don't take my word for it - check with this list of other musicians.
- I didn't know whether to believe him, but I figured I would take his word for it since I had no proof that what he was saying was untrue.
- Don't take my word for it, go to the site and check it out.
- All of these are clearly supported by Nicholas' report, but don't just take our word for that, check it against the full report.
- Don't take our word for it, check the Water Survey of Canada's factual database.
- Of course, there was no demonstration this time but they took the manufacturer 's word for it.
- I'm just a guy writing about baseball on a website, so don't take my word for it.

too — for words

informal Extremely —
〈非正式〉很，极
going around by the road was too tedious for words
沿路四处逛真是乏味，简直无法用语言形容。
Example sentencesExamples
- The whole thing is just too ludicrous for words.
- I don't believe these people have the air of 1962 about them, they are extremely modern hipsters, too cool for words.
- It seems too dreadful for words to be indoors studying.
- The similarities are just too spooky for words.
- The piglets were, of course, too cute for words.
- Why waste the time on the sort of gathering you've told me is too tedious for words?
- Perhaps the government should encourage the banks to get their systems in place: this service sounds too outrageous for words.
- First of all a fearless, infallible hero pitted against a bunch of hoodlums and brutal, power-crazy politicians is too stereotypical for words.
- It's too painful for words, and I hang on to a great deal of hope that there may yet come a day when we will see it return.
- I swear, weekends are getting too chaotic for words.

waste words

1Talk in vain.
白费口舌
Example sentencesExamples
- He wished he could say it back but he wasn't one to waste words and he didn't feel love for her just yet, although he cared for her more as the days rolled by.
- Can I asked what happened or would I just be wasting words?
- Doyle wasn't a man of many words, and I'd never seen any point in wasting words, so we didn't talk until the bell rang.
- It is refreshing to listen to someone who never wastes words.
2Talk at length.
啰啰嗦嗦地说
Example sentencesExamples
- Why waste words when simple action will serve just as nicely.
- No need to waste words here: Not everyone in the gulag was a ‘prisoner of conscience ‘…
- The lass did not waste words coming straight to the point.
- He didn't often waste words when he spoke and his talks were always simple, yet highly motivating, as I imagine were his team talks.

the Word (of God)

1The Bible, or a part of it.
《圣经》，《圣经》的一部分
Example sentencesExamples
- They are a new community centered around the teachings of the Word and the breaking of bread.
- The revelation of God is found in the Word of God, the gospel enshrined in the scriptures, and all claims for revelation must be brought back and tested there.
- The First Reformation gave the Word of God back to the people.
- Do we measure other views by God's Word, or do we attempt to verify the Bible by the views of others?
- The members of that Bible study stood on the authority of the Word of God.
- Does the Word of God plainly say that faith without works is a dead faith?
- However, remember that very few archaeologists are Christians and most would reject the historicity and authority of the Word of God.
- What does the Word of God warn about replacing Bible Truth with human tradition?
- We want to see another reformation in the church and so we are calling the church back to the Word of God, starting with the very first verse.
- In one of my classes we work on oral interpretations of the Word with seminarians.
2Jesus Christ.
耶稣（见LOGOS ）
Example sentencesExamples
- Other positions are more centred on Jesus Christ as the Word of God, who gives his distinctive teaching and example - often very different from the prevailing ethos.
- Jesus Christ, being the Word made flesh through the divine power of God, is what a real believer should know.
- Jesus Christ, as he is testified to us in the Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God, whom we are to hear, whom we are to trust and obey in life and in death.
- For Torrance, too, God's revelation, the Word of God is Jesus Christ.
- In short, Christ as the Word is associated both with creation and with redemption.
- For Barth, Jesus Christ as the enfleshed Word of God is the basis for the doctrine of the Trinity.
- Christ, as redemptive person and Word of God, is not to be encapsulated once-for-all in the historical Jesus.
- John's gospel offers deep reflection on the nature and meaning of Jesus as the revelatory Word of God.
- The Christian clings to that living and incarnate Word, in whom salvation is to be found.

word for word

In exactly the same or, when translated, exactly equivalent words.
逐字地，一字不变地；逐字翻译，直译
Example sentencesExamples
- Students, at their examinations, had to reproduce their teachers' lessons word for word.
- This is a text message I received the other day from him - word for word.
- It is the same thing you put in your complaint, word for word almost.
- Every child in the land knew it word for word by the following Monday.
- Sign language is visual, and isn't always translated word for word into English.
- The following is a transcript, nearly word for word, of a tape recording I made earlier tonight.
- I wish I could translate the song for you guys word for word, but it would take too much time.
- Anyway here is the URL for the article: and this is where he stole it from, word for word.
- Its editor apologised profusely and told us it is not their policy to lift stories word for word and it wouldn't happen again.
- We watch episodes over and over again… We know them word for word.
Synonyms
verbatim, line for line, letter for letter, to the letter
verbatim, literal, exact, direct, precise, accurate, faithful, strict, undeviating

word of honor

A solemn promise.
用名誉担保（表示正式许诺）
I'll be good to you always, I give you my word of honor
我将永远对你好，我用我的名誉担保。
Example sentencesExamples
- Not until we gave our word of honor did expressions cautiously start to change.
- Just fax us what you want, promising us on word of honor that you are over 18 and these and much more can be yours.
- What I prefer is a handshake and a person's word of honor.
- He said on his word of honour that they had no connection with the Indian Communist Party.
- We don't want your money, just your signature - and when the time comes, your willingness to carry through on your word of honor.
- Kohl refused, saying he had given his word of honor.
- This inn was visited by Russian inhabitants and French prisoners of war, who were granted freedom of movement on their word of honour.
- He was known for his meticulous interviews and his strict word of honor about protecting witness identity.
- We thought we had their word of honour that these guys would be released much earlier.
- I know my duty well, and I give you my solemn word of honor that I will not disappoint you or our people.
Synonyms
promise, word of honour, assurance, guarantee, undertaking

word of mouth

Spoken language; informal or unofficial discourse.
口语；非正式（或非官方）话语
Example sentencesExamples
- He would like to know how negative word-of-mouth communication affects consumer thoughts about a product.
- There was virtually no publicity but the number of spectators kept increasing by the day, obviously due to word-of-mouth publicity.
- Interestingly, the company doesn't do much advertising, instead relying on word-of-mouth and sponsorship of events.
- Information in Somalian culture is often communicated by word of mouth and radio is very important in this process.
- A good experience creates positive word-of-mouth, and that brings more customers.
- The coast-to-coast operation works with almost no budget and has thrived on word-of-mouth since its inception.
- The information is then spread by word of mouth and mobile phone text messages.
- Lack of effective marketing has to be addressed and the makers should take pains to carry out word-of-mouth marketing of their films.
- The business boomed, with new customers hearing about him mostly through word-of-mouth.
- He subleased a small commercial kitchen and found customers mostly by word of mouth.

the word on the street

informal A rumor or piece of information currently being circulated.
〈非正式〉街头谣言；街谈巷议
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘The word on the street,’ he grumbled, ‘is that if you buy this equipment you will be pulled over right away.’
- The word on the street at the height of the dotcom boom was that this was the figure to watch if you were interested in investing in growth companies.
- The word on the street in Cork is that some investors are getting increasingly nervous as rental prices fall in certain parts of Ireland's second city.
- Is the word on the street true; has Hollywood really run out of ideas, or are these new Asian films just that good?
- A good friend of mine writes in to say that the word on the street is that thankfully so far it seems that no students were hurt.
- I think he may be donating money for a new pulmonary center or something, at least that's the word on the street.
- That is the word on the street and everybody in Wanganui knows that that seat will be gone.
- The word on the street however is that its main star will make a special appearance soon.
- The word on the street is that he has lost the political spotlight recently and wants to regain it.
- According to the gardening media and the word on the street, the prince's weedy overgrown look is quite the thing this season.

words fail me

Used to express one's disbelief or dismay.
说不出话来；无法用言语表达失望（或气馁）
Example sentencesExamples
- Let me offer my apologies for the swearing, but words fail me on occasions such as these.
- When I think of what these young farmers are paid for working to produce a quality food and what these people who dream up the daft adverts are paid, words fail me.
- I scrunch up my nose trying to explain exactly how I feel but my words fail me so I just skip it.
- Sometimes, after I read the news, words fail me.
- Any sort of violence against innocent people is bad enough, but to attack schoolchildren… words fail me.
- It doesn't sound like hard work but it really is, and it's such a huge adrenaline rush that words fail me trying to describe it.
- I am an English teacher but words fail me as I contemplate a racing future without him.
- Even today, nearly ten years on, I find that words fail me when I try to describe my feelings as the final whistle went and South Africa became world champions.
- The Academy Award-winning actress is so awful in this film that words fail me.
- Taking money meant for charity is bad enough, but robbing from the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal - words fail me.

a word to the wise

A hint or brief explanation given, that being all that is required.
对明白人不用细说
Example sentencesExamples
- Concerned at the use of speed by young people, they created a radio campaign with the singer offering a word to the wise.
- Concerns about reliability and validity creep in, and I offer a word to the wise to take their results with a grain of salt.
- But before you run out to the video store and whip out your rental card, a word to the wise.
- For anyone with a vision of flocks of sheep being replaced by flocks of tourists, I have a word to the wise.
- Here's a word to the wise: it beats an annual return of 5% APR on your cash, and is a sexier investment to boot.
- Here's a word to the wise from someone who's experiencing late motherhood herself.
- Finally, a word to the wise: When you display your fabulous portraits, put them out of range of those who will not be able to refrain from touching the works of art.
- Just a word to the wise: Yesterday security at the DNC was confiscating umbrellas, and any bottles of water.
- But just a word to the wise, official traffic cop cars parked on the grassy knoll just of Thorburn Road give the game away.
- Here's a word to the wise: if you treat your customers like an enemy long enough, that's exactly what they'll become.

break one's word

Fail to do what one has promised.
信守诺言
Example sentencesExamples
- She gave me no reason for what she asked me to do, but I promised and I won't break my word.
- ‘I cannot break my word,’ she said, ‘to stay out of jail.’
- I looked at him, not about to break my word to Matt and say anything about our musings on the boat.
- If journalists break their word when convenient, virtually no one in government will take the risk of revealing official wrongdoing.
- We can't have politicians who break their word.
- Whatever has come before, we now have only two options: to keep our word, or to break our word.
- I was furious with the school for causing me to break my word to my son that he could call me and I would be there for him.
- Despite the fact that he's in love with Ginger, Fred feels he can't break his word to Margaret.
- Surely you know I'd never break my word to you, Tabby.
- Nonetheless, Marius promised an honest reply and he wasn't the type to break his word.

Phrasal Verbs

word up

as imperativeListen.
〈黑人英语〉听着
word up, my brother, you got me high as a kite
听着，我的兄弟，你把我灌得烂醉如泥了。

Origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch woord and German Wort, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin verbum ‘word’.

单词	word
释义	Definition of word in English: word noun wəːdwərd 1A single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed. 词，字 I don't like the word ‘unofficial’ why so many words for so few ideas? Example sentencesExamples We can sum him up in a single sentence, a single word will probably do. Etymological analysis sought to explain the meaning of individual words within sentences. What kind of a person even gives that sort of nonsense the time of day, let alone writes six-hundred-odd words about it? Well, he had some choice words for both sides in this conflict in his speech. Then, he picked out a piece of paper and unfolded the paper that had the word, Dianna written on it. You'll have to excuse my rather bland choice of words in the initial sentence. The door was unmarked and completely blank except for a single word written in a dark red script: Wayward. But, one is never really sure how a single word or sentence out of a whole post can affect the way in which a reader is going to comment. What made it funny were the words written on the side of the van. He hadn't seen this side of Ron yet, this, for lack of a better word, bitchy side and he was strangely unsurprised by it. In her short time in this organized hell, Cassie understood the meaning of the word alone. However, the emphasis here should be on the word meaningful. By 7 children should be able to read and write simple words and structure simple sentences. If they were able to recall the target word, they had to write the word in the appropriate numbered space. If foul language could be banned in schools then perhaps we could hear people talking English without hearing the F word in every sentence. Some of the contributors here took issue with the meaning of the word print itself. Both of them got in a long conversation too many big words and weird sentences. I then realised that the letter A at the beginning of a word signifies that the word should have been printed in bold or italic. The cooler comes in a red/black box with the words Dual Fan Series printed on the front side. He attempted to say a few things, but none of the noises actually turned into words let alone sentences. Synonyms term, name, expression, designation, locution turn of phrase, idiom formal appellation rare vocable 1.1 A single distinct conceptual unit of language, comprising inflected and variant forms. （包括屈折和变体形式的）词，单词，字 Example sentencesExamples All I will say is that this movie was true in the basic sense of the word. He is a knowledge worker in all senses of the word and carries a message everyone involved in best practise in education should hear. 1.2usually words Something spoken or written; a remark or statement. his grandfather's words had been meant kindly 他祖父说的话是一番好意。 a word of warning 一句警告话。 Example sentencesExamples There he remained for most of the first half, only emerging intermittently to offer words of criticism or encouragement. These are words spoken by Queen Juliana when she was inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands in 1948. The Ministry of Justice subsequently released a statement condemning the words of Grigorov. Those are strong words especially in discussing the actions of a political party holding power as a government. What they say has relevance over time, even if their words were prompted by particular moments in time. I stroked his head and murmured calming words and it seemed to help. Thank you all so much for your kind words of encouragement and support regarding yesterday's post. He was speaking Che's words, make no mistake, and the Soviets had turned against that, turned inward. But any cautionary words in the outlook statement could damage the share's high rating. The other woman, her voice lower, murmured some words of consolation to her friend. He believes the players responded to his critical words and that his replacement should have been acquired last summer. Charles Darwin once visited, and his words about the view have been engraved on a rock. She was also willing to offer some words of advice to anyone thinking of following in her footsteps. Citizens are welcome to e-mail the Senator here to offer him their kind words of support. Jake almost fell off his chair as the other man's words sank in. In true Marley style, this little book will uplift you and offer you sound words of advice when you need it most. Her father's words echoed through her mind. She later claimed that the press had distorted her words and repudiated the statement. Nancy spoke specifically about the words offered by the senior minister at her church. One day when Zhang was on a bus, a young man beside him smoked and would not listen to his words of warning about smoking. Synonyms remark, comment, statement, utterance, observation, pronouncement, declaration 1.3a wordwith negative Even the smallest amount of something spoken or written. 一个字（所说或所写的最小量） don't believe a word of it 一个字也别信。 Example sentencesExamples Steve's unchanged expression showed that he didn't believe a word Miles had just spoken. That wouldn't do at all for the journalist, who solved that little problem by not quoting a single word that I wrote to her. I do not speak a word of Italian, nor do I know anything about the different regions etc as I would with France. The people who know me well don't believe a word of what is written by the media. I was standing like a lemon on the stage without a word in my head and not a soul to help me. After all, they argued, the President had not said a word in his message about the military reform. They continued down the hallway without another word, passing many officers as they did. She didn't speak a word of English when she arrived in Manchester 18 months ago - but is now top of the class. Previous attempts have failed as I have always come face-to-face with salesmen who don't appear to speak a word of English. Michael gets in one last hit on Keelah before he went back upstairs to his computer without saying a word. For a start none of us spoke a word of Spanish, we had been busy learning French! In fact, they didn't speak a word till it was over and once it was over, they clapped. It comes out on Wednesdays and never prints a single word of world or national news. Famous faces appear without saying a word, prompting the speculation that a good deal of footage may have been left on the cutting room floor. I cried for each time I had a school report that had not even one good word to say about him on it. More than a decade after her fall from power, there are still ordinary, otherwise sane people who wouldn't hear a word spoken against her. Not a word was spoken to explain the missiles raining down. But he is adamant that there is not a word of truth in any of these stories, and that, for the time being at least, he is here to stay. Not a word was spoken throughout with many visibly shaken faces along the route. No matter how many experts you throw at them, they won't believe a word spoken by them. 1.4words Angry talk. 口角，吵架 her father would have had words with her about that 她父亲准会为那事和她吵嘴。 Example sentencesExamples When we got into a scuffle he had words with the both of us, but said nothing about the penalties he had given away. Peggy reckons that he's crawled off to sulk after she had words with him. In the first half, the referee had words with Tingle, when the player said a North Burton goal was offside. The manager has had words with his squad and is determined to cut out the niggling dissent. After receiving a complaint we went down and had words with them. He had words with the referee after the game concerning the foul that led to the second goal. Ferguson hurried-up Kyrgiakos in the first half but he also had words with the other two as well. I also had words with my manager, as he had changed the roster for next week without my consultation. This was definitely not my type of movie and I even had words with the person that insisted I use up my time to sit and watch it. Synonyms quarrel, argue, disagree, row, squabble, bicker, fight, wrangle, dispute, feud, have a row, cross swords, lock horns, clash, be at each other's throats informal fall out, have a tiff, have a spat British informal have a barney archaic altercate 1.5mass noun Speech as distinct from action. （不同于行动的）言，言语 he conforms in word and deed to the values of a society that he rejects 他在言行上都遵循他所摈弃的社会价值观。 Example sentencesExamples The villains are truly dangerous and the heroes are valiant in word and deed. But our past is fraught with his infidelity in word, in deed and most likely in his heart and mind. He inspires more by deed than word, but he has his anonymous games, as any forward does. Here is an example where kind, brave actions speak louder then violent words. Britain, she said in word and deed, demanded boldness: find it in me! As one of the pillars of democracy, they have the right to question every word and deed. Why is everyone falling in love with Bridget when she's let her looks go to pot and appears in word, deed and fashion air-brained? There is, when it comes to the arts, a massive dislocation between word and deed. They reclaim a union between word and deed, utterance and action. It was a place where I no longer had to worry about the possible negative repercussions of my every word and deed. The crucial distinction between the fifties and sixties lay in word, not in deed. Actions, he knows, speak louder than words as he passes on the benefit of his defensive experience to those who seek to emulate. We cannot know what is going on in the minds of our fellow human beings unless they manifest it by word or deed. He is not known for making idle threats, and his words very quickly manifest themselves as deeds. They will not be satisfied until we agree with them and prove that we agree with them in thought, word and deed. Kumar has never harmed anyone by thought, word or deed, as far as I know. He has handled this general problem very poorly in both word and deed. In word and deed, he is an ideal man: a perfect son, a true husband, an excellent friend and a noble enemy. In short, our actions will always speak louder than images and words offered by others. He loved women, especially brilliant women, and promoted them in word and deed. 2A command, password, or signal. 命令；口令；格言 someone gave me the word to start playing 有人给了我开始比赛的口令。 Example sentencesExamples He gave her directions onto a narrow winding road, and told her to drive down it until he gave her the word to stop. Synonyms instruction, order, command signal, prompt, cue, tip-off informal go-ahead, thumbs up, green light North American informal high sign command, order, decree, edict, mandate bidding, will 2.1mass noun Communication; news. I was afraid to leave Edinburgh in case there was word from the War Office 我不想离开爱丁堡，怕万一陆军部有消息传来。 Example sentencesExamples This would not be the last word on the issue, because we need facts and information to come to a final verdict. HP has not issued word on exactly how many workers will get the axe. Members spread the word by text messages, e-mails and leaflets which are handed out in towns and cities. The word was that an order had come down from the White House that the Pentagon's contingency planning was to be shelved immediately. I grimaced, as dutifully I passed the word to Mission Command in the orbiting HMS Cardiff above. The family had had difficulties because word had got about in the local community that the youth was responsible for the burglaries. Mercury received word from Intel last week that the engineering firm is wanted on the job immediately. You should know I live in a small community and that word travels fast around here. Bamberger had left word at my office that there were more documents for me to inspect. His father said he passed word from a dispatcher to his son that they should stay low and that firefighters were working their way up. In fact, word spread so quickly about the club, that people were travelling from all over Bradford to go to the meetings. Instead Paul Krugman puts the word out that the Commander in Chief just may be crazy. In fact word has it that this sort of cross-airline move is not really an option available to staff. If a really big one hits a remote area, it might become news, if word eventually gets back to the metropolis. In fact, word went around among the five- and six-year-olds that she was a witch. In fact, word has it that the unbelieving William III even referred petitioners he turned away to his vanquished rivals. The last thing you want when running an international campaign is word that the locals are restless. There was still no word of Hess's whereabouts when the communique was broadcast at 8pm that evening. Redundancies are never happy news, but word reached El Reg that things were not handled terribly delicately in Bristol. But their concerns grew after Mrs Upton did not arrive and with communications in chaos, there remained no word of her. Synonyms news, information, communication, intelligence, notice message, report, communiqué, dispatch, bulletin, account data, facts informal info, the gen, the low-down North American informal the dope, the poop literary tidings archaic advices rumour, hearsay, talk, gossip informal the grapevine, the word on the street North American informal the scuttlebutt 3one's wordOne's account of the truth, especially when it differs from that of another person. （尤指与他人不同的）证词 in court it would have been his word against mine 在法庭上，他的证词就会与我的不同。 Example sentencesExamples Unfortunately, there are no special identifying marks on the belt to authenticate its once owner, and in fact there's now only my word that his son passed it on to me. If you accept her word, you are saying that my word, because I gave it first, is not to be believed. Take my word for it, the slower version is quite fast enough. When I asked if I could fight this in court, I was advised that it was my word against theirs. She was condemned on her word alone without proof and lacked defense counsel. For those who require proof beyond my word for this, take a look at Google's cache of the News Online Politics page. Take my word for it, if you know anything about the rarity of a true hip hop standout, then you will be at this show. Here's a video clip proving it in case you were inclined to doubt my word. Sex offences can be difficult to prove or disprove as it often comes down to one person's word against the other's. It's the attendant's word against that of a patient who can only communicate using ACC. 3.1 A promise or assurance. 诺言；保证 everything will be taken care of—you have my word 一切都会关照好的-我向你保证。 Example sentencesExamples Rest assured your email address is safe, I will not be passing it on to anyone, you have my word. I assured him that I had none of the above, but my word was not good enough. The critical issue is whether a university's word can be trusted - and on current evidence it cannot. John, you have my word we'll talk about those other officers and what they're struggling with right now. We can only do our best to hold the administration to its word. You may find it hard to trust my word, and the feeling is mutual I assure you. It is important that they be so, for science needs good communicators whose word can be trusted. I don't want to do it but I've given my word so what can I do? When the waitress arrives, Beanie's mother remains true to her word and orders only coffee. I realise that this is a retraction of my word given to the Reverend. I had given United my word - in the presence of my father. I always promise, but it's generally understood that my word means nothing. I regard his statements that my word cannot be believed as offensive, and I would ask him to withdraw and apologise. She has appealed to her own family's codes of respect and faithfulness to one's word. By then I had already made a promise to Dundee, and I wasn't going to go back on my word. We cannot rid the world of drugs but I give you my word that I will work to ensure that our kids have less access to them. My parents always make me live up to my word so I asked them to live up to theirs. It cracks me up that I'm being held to my word from that one interview when I said I wouldn't write a love song. I've kept good on my word not to rattle the tin cup between quarterly fund drives and shall do so till next quarter. Asked if he now stood by his comments, he replied: I have to tread a very fine line, but I don't go back on my word with anybody. Synonyms promise, word of honour, assurance, guarantee, undertaking 4wordsThe text or spoken part of a play, opera, or other performed piece; a script. 台词，对白；歌词 he had to learn his words 他不得不记住他的台词。 Example sentencesExamples Performed without words, it is a deeply elemental, emotive and darkly comic piece of theatre. What the audience sees and hears in the film is the first time an actor has performed and uttered those words. So I just said the words on pieces of paper in front of the camera every day. When you see the casting tapes first it is weird because you are watching people speaking your words against a white plain background. Outside the cathedral, the words of the Battle Hymn of the Republic echoed over London. Later we realised we should've had the subtitles on so we could catch all the words to their squeaky little songs. Synonyms script, text lyrics, libretto 5A basic unit of data in a computer, typically 16 or 32 bits long. 字（尤指16或32个字节的计算机数据基本单位） verb wəːdwərd with object Express (something spoken or written) in particular words. he words his request in a particularly ironic way 他选用极具嘲讽性的词语来表述他的请求。 a strongly worded letter of protest 一封措辞强硬的抗议信。 Example sentencesExamples It would be aimed at one person, although it would be worded to cover all naturalised Indians. We worded a letter in such a way that it was OK for them to let our citizens out. She just hated the way her mother worded her problems with people when she spoke to them. He told it without any emotion and worded it as if it were coming from a text book. I guess I should have worded it better and used less background on my post. He also asked that an amendment be made to the incitement charge, which he admitted was erroneously worded. I could tell he wasn't quite sure the way he had worded it was the way he wanted it to come out. Even so, his boast that we ‘are overtaking the Conservatives’ was carefully worded. The reason that I mention it was that it came with a politely worded suggestion that I should change my browser. Moreover the survey was worded in such a way as to discourage any other reply, the alternatives being unlikely to attract votes. She had to be careful how she worded the question, for fear of upsetting or angering the short-tempered man. Looking at the way the relevant paragraph is worded, I can see how it might be read that way. These e-mails should be worded as carefully as any fundraising letter, if not more so. This strongly worded claim is not entirely without justification. The letter was worded in such a way that made the exam sound like something horrific. It was nicely worded, and enough to convince me to stay with the service. I ask the nurse for a scribbling pad and a pen and write out a carefully worded resignation. Public opinion on the issue often depends on how the topic is worded and framed in poll questions. A strongly worded letter is to be sent to the county council asking for an explanation. His voice was strong and the way he worded things made it sound like poetry. Synonyms phrase, express, put, couch, frame, set forth, formulate, style say, utter, state exclamation wəːdwərd informal Used to express agreement or affirmation. Word, that's a good record, man Phrases at a word As soon as requested. 一经要求，立即 ready to leave again at a word 准备随时再离开。 Example sentencesExamples Her favourites were lanterns that could come alive or die at a word, and an arrow that would hit whatever you wanted to hit, no matter how bad your aim was. The gunner's stopped the armoured artillery pieces, ready to fire at a word's notice. There was no seam or opening to be found on the box, yet at a word from Loarela, the top suddenly was no longer just a painting of a vortex, but an actual pit of darkness. Elizabeth tried to touch it, but stopped at a word from her mother. He ordered a cut-purse caught in the act to be hanged without a trial at a word from his royal mouth.’ He consoled himself with the knowledge that the human was in his power, and that at a word the humans life would be ended. be as good as one's word Do what one has promised to do. 信守诺言 Philip was as good as his word about turning Richard into an actor Example sentencesExamples Alesso was as good as his word and came to my studio by nine each morning. He wrote to my wife, Jeanette, while I was in prison, reassuring her that he would look after me, and he was as good as his word. Kerry told them she was going to pay off what she owed - and she was as good as her word. Our pilot, Dan, a young clean-cut Melburnian, promises us a spectacular trip and he is as good as his word. With hindsight maybe I should have left in my friend's car but when the police say they are coming you expect them to be as good as their word. Eleven years later, even his harshest critics would have to concede that Barry has been as good as his word. Adam was as good as his word about sending photographs of his children, but MaryAnn had a need to see them for real. Last week the Town Clerk was as good as his word when a total of 25 lime trees were put in specially prepared beds along the avenue. We got into a discussion, and he told me to come and see him when I came to London; and when I arrived, he was as good as his word. General Cunningham had promised that he would not leave Jerusalem until the last minute and he was as good as his word. have a word Speak briefly to someone. 简短地和某人说话 I'll just have a word with him 我只想和他说一两句话。 Example sentencesExamples The customer at the till is more likely to be talking on the phone than having a word with the shop assistant or the next person in the queue. I think he's having a word with the chairman in the next couple of weeks, and then I'll take it from there. Certainly, ward councillors will be having a word with officers and members of the executive regarding these proposed changes. I considered at one point going around and having a word with the hosts, to get them to ask their guests to be a little more respectful. She managed to get out of hospital this week after having a word or two with the doctor. The undertaking attracted the attention of several motorists, who stopped to have a word or two with the volunteers. But I'll be having a word with him because he put us under pressure. Announcing that he must have a word with the man in front, our jolly farmer prized himself out of the driver's seat and ambled up to the lead car. I will be having a word with the board to see whether we can maybe add one or two bodies to see if we can bolster things up a bit. He left in the interval but not before having a word with everyone who wished to meet him. Synonyms have a conversation, talk, have a talk, have a discussion, converse, communicate, chat, have a chat, pass the time of day, have a word, gossip, make conversation have a word in someone's ear Speak to someone privately or discreetly, especially to give them a warning. 和某人咬耳朵；和某人私下谈；私下警告某人 back in those days the referee would have a quiet word in your ear and warn you not to do it again Example sentencesExamples If he doesn't know that this is not an appropriate costume for a member of the royal family to wear to a party, shouldn't one of his advisers had a word in his ear? The signs are that someone had a word in Andrew 's ear and convinced him not to put his name forward. Someone must have had a word in his ear because he looked fit to burst the moment he stepped down from his horse. I wouldn't stop him being England skipper, I'd just have a word in his ear. If he was an only child, maybe somebody should have a word in his ear… The local Labour leader has since had a word in the minister's ear regarding the conditions for their future support of their colleague. Well, it could be that they just found it dull but it is also possible that the super-powerful green jackets had a word in their ear and ‘asked’ them to play it down. We are there to support the London bid for the Olympic Games and we will certainly be having a word in his 's ear about the situation. Another denizen had a word in Ritchie's ear, and suggested that he try Hong Kong for a while. He might have a word in Bertie's ear and encourage him to resort to some land travel instead of spending millions on jets. in other words Expressed in a different way; that is to say. 换句话说，也就是说 The new cat treat has a 90-plus palatability level. In other words, cats like it Example sentencesExamples The Minister's ruling, in other words, is not quite the definitive decision it might seem at first. Galloway, by contrast, was his usual self: in other words, a blustering demagogue. Today's woman is closer to today's man - in other words, shaped like a phone box. There is a difference, in other words, between tax minimisation and tax evasion. What, in other words, could possibly be gained by going over the same data that someone else has analysed? So in other words, the tribunal would make the judgment based on the nature of the claim itself. Yes, she was one of my friends, or in other words: another one of Meena's posses. What is lost with the passing of network TV, in other words, is the journalism of verification. There is no such thing, in other words, as a stimulus which produces the same emotional response in everyone. Where do they meet when you cross them - in other words, what can you cover with them? Synonyms namely, that is to say, that is, to wit, to be specific, specifically, in other words, to put it another way in so many words often with negativePrecisely in the way mentioned. 直截了当地；明确地 I haven't told him in so many words, but he'd understand 我没有直截了当地告诉他，但他会明白的。 Example sentencesExamples She told him, in so many words, ‘We're messing your son up, and maybe the psychologist can undo our damage.’ On the USDA site, it says that, in so many words, this chart was tested to death on consumers for maximum comprehension. He not only called me a liar but also said, in so many words, ‘I'm alone this weekend and bored so I thought I'd ask you all out.’ The president and his advisors want to duck responsibility by claiming, in so many words, that the Louisiana authorities didn't fill out the right forms. ‘If I don't win a major,’ the player will say in so many words, ‘I'll still have had a rewarding career.’ She consulted with the manager, and told me, in so many words, that I lived in firestorm-and-lethal-radiation territory. Upon taking over the paper, he told reporters and editors in so many words that the paper was garbage and needed a complete makeover. None of them states this in so many words, but it is the inescapable consequence of their rhetoric about contracts and deals and obligations. I flipped through the magazine and an article says, in so many words, that being interested in celebrities is good for you. Without actually saying so in so many words, the author brings out the interplay of nature and nurture - of inherent character and the effect of environment. in a word Briefly. 简而言之，总之，一句话 Are there any real reasons to worry? In a word, plenty Example sentencesExamples They just want some peace and quiet to reflect, or to lose themselves in a good novel, poem or piece of fine music - in a word to think. And the men in that part of the world are short, stocky and hairy - in a word, not very handsome. The back-to-back sets to follow are both, in a word, stellar. I like to think of listening to these three discs as an opportunity for true quality time with a true quality band: in a word, it's intimacy. Even in prison bureaucracies, policies that admit no possible exception are, in a word, stupid. I thought she was, in a word, gorgeous, and I vowed to have that haircut, or die trying. Likewise, the goal of capitalist corporations is to make the biggest return on investment possible, in a word, greed. It is complex; it is changing fast; it is, in a word, exciting. She was out of time, out of tune, out of breath - in a word, terrible. Everyone has a right to do this, of course, but seeing so much division between students makes me, in a word, sad. Synonyms to put it briefly, to be brief, briefly, in short, in a nutshell, succinctly, concisely, to come to the point, to cut a long story short, not to mince words, not to beat about the bush, not to put too fine a point on it keep one's word Do what one has promised. 信守诺言 you know that I always keep my word Example sentencesExamples Carole found out what was going on and almost left him, but Merritt promised to quit and kept his word after the Vegas fight. I'm sure our leaders fought for this and kept their word to us the troops even in time of war. Always keep your word with children, in punishments as well as in rewards. They haven't kept their word on their ethical policy, he said. We've kept our word to display the vision around Christmas. It's just about keeping your word and not promising more than you can do. They always kept their word and I never had any problems throughout the shoot or afterwards when the film was shown in public. They're just saying you're a low swine who'd rather play word games than keep your word. ‘We impressed on the children not to leave litter behind and they kept their word,’ one of the escorts said. The strange thing about this is that, with all the great promises of positive stories, we can count on one hand the very few that have kept their word. a man/woman of his/her word A person who keeps their promises. 守信的人，遵守诺言的人 she was a woman of her word 他是个沉默寡言的人。 Example sentencesExamples He's a man of his word, and after Tuesday we will have a clearer indication. He knew Sarah was a woman of her word and she'd rather die than break it. Being a nice guy and a man of his word, Darren sent the information she'd requested as soon as he got a spare moment. Harry has proven himself to be absolutely a man of his word, a man of principle, a quiet spoken person with a very strong conviction and a good heart. A man of his word, he at last kept the promise he'd made to his wife in 1986 - the year they bought a shingled cottage. And again like Peter, I hope he will be a man of his word. Aimée smiled and nodded at Emily, knowing she was a woman of her word and thankful for it. Tyreen is also a man of his word and he fights alongside Dundee as he had pledged. They cite his ‘obvious love for the Papuan people’ and call him ‘a stickler for being a man of his word.’ She described him as a man of his word and said they should trust reassurances he's made about any future Supreme Court appointments. (on/upon) my word An exclamation of surprise or emphasis. 我敢保证；说实在话（表示惊讶或强调） my word, you were here quickly! 说真的，你到这儿真快！ Example sentencesExamples I don't know what they gave those bunnies, but my word were they placid. Many thanks to all (and my word, there were a lot of you!) who gave Rebecca a Christmas present. Oh my word, I mean I figured it contained some really screwed up people, but this? Maybe it won't turn out to be that significant, but my word, it could be. My word, it has an intense nose packed with honeysuckle, apricots and lime blossom. Oh my word, masterful execution there by the ladies, Johnny, just take us through the replay there! He was up there to be shot at and, my word, was he shot! We hooked up with the wedding party towards the inebriate end of the evening - my word, did we ever. My initial reaction is that, my word, this is a sport that is geared up to explode. He's a very cute and very active kid, and my word did he make spirited attempts at escape. of few words Taciturn. 沉默寡言的，很少话的 he's a man of few words 他是个沉默寡言的人。 Example sentencesExamples Some people might mistake you for shy but, truth is, you're just a bit reserved - a girl of few words. As a teenager of few words, he had not told his parents about his fever, not realizing that his silence aroused fears in his parents, the hospital and the judges. A quiet, laid-back Kentuckian of few words, Gullett bristles at the attention and praise. He's a man of few words and he carries a really big axe. They say that my dad is a man of few words, but he taught me by the quiet eloquence of his hard work and by his decency. Kate seems a woman of few words, but this reticence is more than made up for by the reminiscences of her friend and husband. The 18-year-old from Tarbert, a young man of few words, polled 60 per cent of eviction votes last Wednesday. The inescapable feeling that here was someone who was often silent, a man of few words, few thoughts, who simply existed. A shy man of few words, his face crackles with pride when he speaks of his prized piece: a mammoth, double-hosed shisha pipe. Perhaps it was our suspicious behaviour that caused her to be short with us, or perhaps she was having an off night, or maybe she is simply a woman of few words. Synonyms reticent, taciturn, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unresponsive, close-mouthed, close-lipped put something into words Express something in speech or writing. 用言语表达 he felt a vague disappointment which he couldn't put into words 他感到些许无法用言语表达的失望之情。 Example sentencesExamples Authors put their thoughts into words for the whole community to see and critique. In the brutalized area one kilometer to the south, a weeping community leader put that sadness into words of disbelief. I like to think that I am still creative, that I can still form coherent thoughts and put them into words. It was quite weird, but the minute I put pen to paper and started putting things into words, things suddenly seemed a lot easier. Mr Todd's wife, Marie, said: ‘I can't put my gratitude into words. Those are the facts, but they don't convey the emotions of this achievement, and I won't even try to put them into words. Sometimes you just can't put your agony into words. Though Pam had no doubt that her mom loved her, she didn't remember ever hearing her put it into words, let alone express it with an unsolicited hug or kiss. People with Huntington's often have difficulty putting thoughts into words and slur their speech. At one of our board meetings, when we were struggling to put our mission into words, Jerry skipped lunch and went off by himself. put words into someone's mouth 1Inaccurately report what someone has said. 硬说某人说过某些话 Example sentencesExamples Well, there goes one journalist's attempt to put words into someone's mouth. Instead of putting words into the president's mouth in order to look smart, journalists ought to try looking up what he said. Police will not be able to put words into the detainee's mouth, but incriminating statements which appear on the tape will be difficult to deny. I've been critical of people or groups of people on my website, but in the case of non-public figures, I never named names or put words into their mouth. 1.1Prompt someone to say something that they may not otherwise have said. 教某人怎样讲 Example sentencesExamples I didn't say that so don't go putting words into my mouth. My colleague did not say that at any time during the many answers she gave to questions in this House, and that member should not put words into her mouth. That's what… I mean, David, you don't put words into my mouth. I guess you could say that I sort of became a soldier of fortune, or something romantic like that but don't put words into my mouth, I didn't say ‘mercenary’. I am sorry, I am not trying to put words into the member's mouth. My apologies if I seemed to be putting words into your mouth. Please don't put words into my mouth that I have not used. I hate it when people put words into my mouth or when they imply something that I should do. They'll temper that with the suggestion that the mother put words into the boy 's mouth to come up with this story. In her last letter she asked her sister-in-law Elisabeth not to blame Louis-Charles and to remember how easy it is to put words into a child 's mouth. spread the word Share the information or news. he spread the word about the charity's work Example sentencesExamples The healthy pet educational program is spreading the word to pet owners that scraps do much more harm than they might realise. He has got some big names to help spread the word. We're proud to spread the word about how museum membership strengthens the vibrant cultural fabric of the Twin Cities. I joined so I could spread the word on tons of books that I know would have larger audiences, if only readers knew about them. It is very nice to know that he is doing good for the Sikh community by spreading the word of god. Our aim is to spread the word that exercising is the easiest and cheapest way to get fit. take someone at their word Interpret a person's words literally, especially by believing them or doing as they suggest. 相信某人说的话是真的 I take him at his word, for I cannot go to see for myself Example sentencesExamples Everybody seemed to take them at their word but after just a few weeks, they have gone the other way. I'm only sorry that we didn't go public at the time… we took them at their word, but nothing has been done and four more years have passed. Not knowing who the individuals are at the moment, we have to take them at their word. Maybe we should take them at their word, and ask if they already do? If we take them at their word, the war is not going to solve this issue. I also believe that we would do well to take them at their word. Without sitting in on their selection meetings, we can only take them at their word. I learned that if someone says they are planning to kill you, it is wise to take them at their word. The farmers always said there was no room for sentiment in agriculture and so we'll take them at their word. When clubs begged us two years ago to do whatever was needed to get fixtures played in one calendar year we took them at their word. take the words out of someone's mouth Say what someone else was about to say. 先说出某人想讲的话 Example sentencesExamples Maybe my headline above takes the words out of the President's mouth these days. ‘You took the words out of my mouth,’ Milton smiled. ‘Yes,’ Efad replied, taking the words out of Justin 's mouth. Mr Carter's speech took the words out of my mouth. Natasha, that's exactly what I was about to say, you took the words out of my mouth. You can only mumble ‘You took the words out of my mouth… ‘quietly while the boss praises them.’ take someone's word (for it) Believe what someone says or writes without checking for oneself. 轻信某人的话 I'm afraid you'll just have to take our word for it Example sentencesExamples Don't take our word for it, check the Water Survey of Canada's factual database. Don't take my word for it, go to the site and check it out. They also took the officer's word for what speed he was doing. I'm just a guy writing about baseball on a website, so don't take my word for it. Of course, there was no demonstration this time but they took the manufacturer 's word for it. Anyway, we will take your word for it and believe you guys. All of these are clearly supported by Nicholas' report, but don't just take our word for that, check it against the full report. If you look closely at the screen - you'll have to take our word for this, or check out the original picture here - you can see the following. I had sent him a letter to say don't take my word for it - check with this list of other musicians. I didn't know whether to believe him, but I figured I would take his word for it since I had no proof that what he was saying was untrue. too — for words informal Extremely — 〈非正式〉很，极 going around by the road was too tedious for words 沿路四处逛真是乏味，简直无法用语言形容。 Example sentencesExamples It seems too dreadful for words to be indoors studying. The similarities are just too spooky for words. The piglets were, of course, too cute for words. It's too painful for words, and I hang on to a great deal of hope that there may yet come a day when we will see it return. The whole thing is just too ludicrous for words. Perhaps the government should encourage the banks to get their systems in place: this service sounds too outrageous for words. I swear, weekends are getting too chaotic for words. First of all a fearless, infallible hero pitted against a bunch of hoodlums and brutal, power-crazy politicians is too stereotypical for words. Why waste the time on the sort of gathering you've told me is too tedious for words? I don't believe these people have the air of 1962 about them, they are extremely modern hipsters, too cool for words. waste words 1Talk in vain. 白费口舌 I take it that all my well-chosen words have been entirely wasted Example sentencesExamples It is refreshing to listen to someone who never wastes words. He wished he could say it back but he wasn't one to waste words and he didn't feel love for her just yet, although he cared for her more as the days rolled by. Can I asked what happened or would I just be wasting words? Doyle wasn't a man of many words, and I'd never seen any point in wasting words, so we didn't talk until the bell rang. 2Talk or write at length. 啰啰嗦嗦地说 he wastes no words, though details are terribly important to him Example sentencesExamples No need to waste words here: Not everyone in the gulag was a ‘prisoner of conscience ‘… He didn't often waste words when he spoke and his talks were always simple, yet highly motivating, as I imagine were his team talks. The lass did not waste words coming straight to the point. Why waste words when simple action will serve just as nicely. the Word (of God) 1The Bible, or a part of it. 《圣经》，《圣经》的一部分 Example sentencesExamples What does the Word of God warn about replacing Bible Truth with human tradition? They are a new community centered around the teachings of the Word and the breaking of bread. The revelation of God is found in the Word of God, the gospel enshrined in the scriptures, and all claims for revelation must be brought back and tested there. We want to see another reformation in the church and so we are calling the church back to the Word of God, starting with the very first verse. However, remember that very few archaeologists are Christians and most would reject the historicity and authority of the Word of God. Does the Word of God plainly say that faith without works is a dead faith? In one of my classes we work on oral interpretations of the Word with seminarians. The First Reformation gave the Word of God back to the people. Do we measure other views by God's Word, or do we attempt to verify the Bible by the views of others? The members of that Bible study stood on the authority of the Word of God. 2Jesus Christ. 耶稣（见LOGOS ） Example sentencesExamples Jesus Christ, as he is testified to us in the Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God, whom we are to hear, whom we are to trust and obey in life and in death. In short, Christ as the Word is associated both with creation and with redemption. Christ, as redemptive person and Word of God, is not to be encapsulated once-for-all in the historical Jesus. For Barth, Jesus Christ as the enfleshed Word of God is the basis for the doctrine of the Trinity. For Torrance, too, God's revelation, the Word of God is Jesus Christ. The Christian clings to that living and incarnate Word, in whom salvation is to be found. Other positions are more centred on Jesus Christ as the Word of God, who gives his distinctive teaching and example - often very different from the prevailing ethos. John's gospel offers deep reflection on the nature and meaning of Jesus as the revelatory Word of God. Jesus Christ, being the Word made flesh through the divine power of God, is what a real believer should know. word for word In exactly the same or, when translated, exactly equivalent words. 逐字地，一字不变地；逐字翻译，直译 Benjamin copied the verse down, word for word Example sentencesExamples Anyway here is the URL for the article: and this is where he stole it from, word for word. We watch episodes over and over again… We know them word for word. It is the same thing you put in your complaint, word for word almost. Every child in the land knew it word for word by the following Monday. Students, at their examinations, had to reproduce their teachers' lessons word for word. This is a text message I received the other day from him - word for word. I wish I could translate the song for you guys word for word, but it would take too much time. Its editor apologised profusely and told us it is not their policy to lift stories word for word and it wouldn't happen again. The following is a transcript, nearly word for word, of a tape recording I made earlier tonight. Sign language is visual, and isn't always translated word for word into English. Synonyms verbatim, line for line, letter for letter, to the letter verbatim, literal, exact, direct, precise, accurate, faithful, strict, undeviating word gets (or goes) around News or rumours spread. word got around that he was on the verge of retirement Example sentencesExamples There are only 15 people here who've got a job, so word gets around fast. In the small circle of professionals, bad business practices will kill a company very quickly as word gets around. Word gets around quickly about who's looking for trouble. I guess word gets around fast for even the teachers too. Word gets around much better than it used to. Once word gets around that its back, we'll start getting new members. " The audience seems to growing as word gets around about how much fun we have at gigs. Two girls attended the first class but the community centre chairman said she is confident more children will join when word gets around. But once unlicenced ones know they can come here and operate without any hassle word gets around. Town officials expect the numbers to grow as word gets around about the lottery. word of honour A solemn promise. 用名誉担保（表示正式许诺） I'll be good to you always, I give you my word of honour 我将永远对你好，我用我的名誉担保。 Example sentencesExamples Not until we gave our word of honor did expressions cautiously start to change. He said on his word of honour that they had no connection with the Indian Communist Party. We thought we had their word of honour that these guys would be released much earlier. I know my duty well, and I give you my solemn word of honor that I will not disappoint you or our people. Kohl refused, saying he had given his word of honor. He was known for his meticulous interviews and his strict word of honor about protecting witness identity. Just fax us what you want, promising us on word of honor that you are over 18 and these and much more can be yours. We don't want your money, just your signature - and when the time comes, your willingness to carry through on your word of honor. This inn was visited by Russian inhabitants and French prisoners of war, who were granted freedom of movement on their word of honour. What I prefer is a handshake and a person's word of honor. Synonyms promise, word of honour, assurance, guarantee, undertaking word of mouth Spoken communication as a means of transmitting information. slander is a defamatory statement made by word of mouth as modifier word-of-mouth praise Example sentencesExamples Information in Somalian culture is often communicated by word of mouth and radio is very important in this process. He subleased a small commercial kitchen and found customers mostly by word of mouth. Interestingly, the company doesn't do much advertising, instead relying on word-of-mouth and sponsorship of events. A good experience creates positive word-of-mouth, and that brings more customers. The business boomed, with new customers hearing about him mostly through word-of-mouth. He would like to know how negative word-of-mouth communication affects consumer thoughts about a product. The information is then spread by word of mouth and mobile phone text messages. The coast-to-coast operation works with almost no budget and has thrived on word-of-mouth since its inception. Lack of effective marketing has to be addressed and the makers should take pains to carry out word-of-mouth marketing of their films. There was virtually no publicity but the number of spectators kept increasing by the day, obviously due to word-of-mouth publicity. the word on the street informal A rumour or piece of information currently being circulated. 〈非正式〉街头谣言；街谈巷议 the word on the street is that there will be a major announcement soon Example sentencesExamples ‘The word on the street,’ he grumbled, ‘is that if you buy this equipment you will be pulled over right away.’ Is the word on the street true; has Hollywood really run out of ideas, or are these new Asian films just that good? According to the gardening media and the word on the street, the prince's weedy overgrown look is quite the thing this season. I think he may be donating money for a new pulmonary center or something, at least that's the word on the street. A good friend of mine writes in to say that the word on the street is that thankfully so far it seems that no students were hurt. The word on the street in Cork is that some investors are getting increasingly nervous as rental prices fall in certain parts of Ireland's second city. That is the word on the street and everybody in Wanganui knows that that seat will be gone. The word on the street however is that its main star will make a special appearance soon. The word on the street is that he has lost the political spotlight recently and wants to regain it. The word on the street at the height of the dotcom boom was that this was the figure to watch if you were interested in investing in growth companies. words fail me Used to express one's disbelief or dismay. 说不出话来；无法用言语表达失望（或气馁） Example sentencesExamples When I think of what these young farmers are paid for working to produce a quality food and what these people who dream up the daft adverts are paid, words fail me. I am an English teacher but words fail me as I contemplate a racing future without him. Any sort of violence against innocent people is bad enough, but to attack schoolchildren… words fail me. Sometimes, after I read the news, words fail me. Let me offer my apologies for the swearing, but words fail me on occasions such as these. The Academy Award-winning actress is so awful in this film that words fail me. Taking money meant for charity is bad enough, but robbing from the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal - words fail me. I scrunch up my nose trying to explain exactly how I feel but my words fail me so I just skip it. Even today, nearly ten years on, I find that words fail me when I try to describe my feelings as the final whistle went and South Africa became world champions. It doesn't sound like hard work but it really is, and it's such a huge adrenaline rush that words fail me trying to describe it. a word to the wise A hint or brief explanation given, that being all that is required. 对明白人不用细说 typical restraints range from regulations to the occasional word to the wise Example sentencesExamples But before you run out to the video store and whip out your rental card, a word to the wise. Concerned at the use of speed by young people, they created a radio campaign with the singer offering a word to the wise. Here's a word to the wise from someone who's experiencing late motherhood herself. For anyone with a vision of flocks of sheep being replaced by flocks of tourists, I have a word to the wise. But just a word to the wise, official traffic cop cars parked on the grassy knoll just of Thorburn Road give the game away. Finally, a word to the wise: When you display your fabulous portraits, put them out of range of those who will not be able to refrain from touching the works of art. Here's a word to the wise: it beats an annual return of 5% APR on your cash, and is a sexier investment to boot. Here's a word to the wise: if you treat your customers like an enemy long enough, that's exactly what they'll become. Just a word to the wise: Yesterday security at the DNC was confiscating umbrellas, and any bottles of water. Concerns about reliability and validity creep in, and I offer a word to the wise to take their results with a grain of salt. Phrasal Verbs word up as imperativeListen. 〈黑人英语〉听着 word up, my brother, you got me high as a kite 听着，我的兄弟，你把我灌得烂醉如泥了。 Derivatives wordage noun ˈwəːdɪdʒˈwərdɪdʒ For the most part, he said, it was the wordage that was worrying people. Example sentencesExamples O'Dell wrote it in a fund-raising letter so its veracity and exact wordage are not in doubt. When I get the paper copies of the Sundays I'm tempted to try and calculate the average wordage thrown at the assiduous reader on a typical Sunday. It's not that I don't have the vocabulary - I'm actually pretty proud of my wordage - but I'm just not adept at using those words effectively. He was once commissioned to write a history of West Indies cricket, but got so immersed in the research that he overran the wordage by several thousand. wordlessly adverbˈwəːdləsliˈwərdləsli Without the use of words or speech. they find a way to communicate wordlessly Example sentencesExamples the waitress wordlessly handed us two menus Nearby, a woman and her daughter clasped each other, crying wordlessly. Afterwards he went around, palm up, wordlessly asking for something, anything. He took the shovel from me and wordlessly filled the hole in, even spread some snow overtop to make it look undisturbed. wordlessness nounˈwəːdləsnəsˈwərdləsnəs First, the wordlessness of the film clips has an extraordinary, incalculable effect. My problem is that the bouts of wordlessness are getting more frequent, and it leaves me wondering if it will it be worth carrying on. Example sentencesExamples Silence is allied to wordlessness; wordlessness is allied to music. Is it that wordlessness that prompts you to work in film for certain projects rather than in theatre? The wordlessness of the film clips has an extraordinary, incalculable effect. Wordlessness, it appears, is not a usual state for characters in his plays. One can never really write about suffering; and death, by definition, takes us into the realm of wordlessness. Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch woord and German Wort, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin verbum 'word'. Word is ultimately related to Latin verbum, the source of verb (Late Middle English), proverb (Middle English) the ‘pro’ here having the sense ‘put forth’, and verbal (Late Middle English). ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God’ are the first words of the Gospel of John, which continues: ‘And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…full of grace and truth.’ To eat your words is first found in a 1571 translation of a work by the French Protestant theologian John Calvin: ‘God eateth not his word when he hath once spoken.’ A word in your ear is of similar vintage, coming from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing: ‘Come you hither sirra, a word in your ear, sir’. People sometimes say a word to the wise or a word to the wise is enough to imply that only a hint or brief explanation is required. The wording of the first English use, at the start of the 16th century, was ‘Few words may serve the wise’, although the concept was expressed much earlier than that in the Latin saying verbum sapienti sat est, sometimes shortened to *verb sap. Rhymes* absurd, bird, Byrd, curd, engird, gird, Heard, herd, Kurd, misheard, nerd, overheard, reheard, third, undergird, undeterred, unheard, unstirred noun.1 phr. phr.v. Definition of word in US English: word nounwərdwərd 1A single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed. 词，字 Example sentencesExamples But, one is never really sure how a single word or sentence out of a whole post can affect the way in which a reader is going to comment. However, the emphasis here should be on the word meaningful. If they were able to recall the target word, they had to write the word in the appropriate numbered space. What kind of a person even gives that sort of nonsense the time of day, let alone writes six-hundred-odd words about it? The door was unmarked and completely blank except for a single word written in a dark red script: Wayward. Then, he picked out a piece of paper and unfolded the paper that had the word, Dianna written on it. We can sum him up in a single sentence, a single word will probably do. Etymological analysis sought to explain the meaning of individual words within sentences. What made it funny were the words written on the side of the van. Well, he had some choice words for both sides in this conflict in his speech. I then realised that the letter A at the beginning of a word signifies that the word should have been printed in bold or italic. He hadn't seen this side of Ron yet, this, for lack of a better word, bitchy side and he was strangely unsurprised by it. You'll have to excuse my rather bland choice of words in the initial sentence. He attempted to say a few things, but none of the noises actually turned into words let alone sentences. If foul language could be banned in schools then perhaps we could hear people talking English without hearing the F word in every sentence. The cooler comes in a red/black box with the words Dual Fan Series printed on the front side. By 7 children should be able to read and write simple words and structure simple sentences. In her short time in this organized hell, Cassie understood the meaning of the word alone. Both of them got in a long conversation too many big words and weird sentences. Some of the contributors here took issue with the meaning of the word print itself. Synonyms term, name, expression, designation, locution 1.1 A single distinct conceptual unit of language, comprising inflected and variant forms. （包括屈折和变体形式的）词，单词，字 Example sentencesExamples All I will say is that this movie was true in the basic sense of the word. He is a knowledge worker in all senses of the word and carries a message everyone involved in best practise in education should hear. 1.2usually words Something that someone says or writes; a remark or piece of information. 话；词句 his grandfather's words had been meant kindly 他祖父说的话是一番好意。 a word of warning 一句警告话。 Example sentencesExamples The Ministry of Justice subsequently released a statement condemning the words of Grigorov. But any cautionary words in the outlook statement could damage the share's high rating. She was also willing to offer some words of advice to anyone thinking of following in her footsteps. There he remained for most of the first half, only emerging intermittently to offer words of criticism or encouragement. Jake almost fell off his chair as the other man's words sank in. One day when Zhang was on a bus, a young man beside him smoked and would not listen to his words of warning about smoking. He believes the players responded to his critical words and that his replacement should have been acquired last summer. What they say has relevance over time, even if their words were prompted by particular moments in time. In true Marley style, this little book will uplift you and offer you sound words of advice when you need it most. Those are strong words especially in discussing the actions of a political party holding power as a government. I stroked his head and murmured calming words and it seemed to help. Her father's words echoed through her mind. Nancy spoke specifically about the words offered by the senior minister at her church. The other woman, her voice lower, murmured some words of consolation to her friend. She later claimed that the press had distorted her words and repudiated the statement. Charles Darwin once visited, and his words about the view have been engraved on a rock. He was speaking Che's words, make no mistake, and the Soviets had turned against that, turned inward. Citizens are welcome to e-mail the Senator here to offer him their kind words of support. Thank you all so much for your kind words of encouragement and support regarding yesterday's post. These are words spoken by Queen Juliana when she was inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands in 1948. Synonyms remark, comment, statement, utterance, observation, pronouncement, declaration 1.3 Speech as distinct from action. （不同于行动的）言，言语 he conforms in word and deed to the values of a society that he rejects 他在言行上都遵循他所摈弃的社会价值观。 Example sentencesExamples He inspires more by deed than word, but he has his anonymous games, as any forward does. It was a place where I no longer had to worry about the possible negative repercussions of my every word and deed. Here is an example where kind, brave actions speak louder then violent words. As one of the pillars of democracy, they have the right to question every word and deed. The crucial distinction between the fifties and sixties lay in word, not in deed. He has handled this general problem very poorly in both word and deed. There is, when it comes to the arts, a massive dislocation between word and deed. Why is everyone falling in love with Bridget when she's let her looks go to pot and appears in word, deed and fashion air-brained? The villains are truly dangerous and the heroes are valiant in word and deed. Britain, she said in word and deed, demanded boldness: find it in me! They will not be satisfied until we agree with them and prove that we agree with them in thought, word and deed. Actions, he knows, speak louder than words as he passes on the benefit of his defensive experience to those who seek to emulate. We cannot know what is going on in the minds of our fellow human beings unless they manifest it by word or deed. In short, our actions will always speak louder than images and words offered by others. They reclaim a union between word and deed, utterance and action. In word and deed, he is an ideal man: a perfect son, a true husband, an excellent friend and a noble enemy. He loved women, especially brilliant women, and promoted them in word and deed. But our past is fraught with his infidelity in word, in deed and most likely in his heart and mind. Kumar has never harmed anyone by thought, word or deed, as far as I know. He is not known for making idle threats, and his words very quickly manifest themselves as deeds. 1.4a wordwith negative Even the smallest amount of something spoken or written. 一个字（所说或所写的最小量） don't believe a word of it 一个字也别信。 Example sentencesExamples In fact, they didn't speak a word till it was over and once it was over, they clapped. I was standing like a lemon on the stage without a word in my head and not a soul to help me. Famous faces appear without saying a word, prompting the speculation that a good deal of footage may have been left on the cutting room floor. Steve's unchanged expression showed that he didn't believe a word Miles had just spoken. She didn't speak a word of English when she arrived in Manchester 18 months ago - but is now top of the class. They continued down the hallway without another word, passing many officers as they did. Previous attempts have failed as I have always come face-to-face with salesmen who don't appear to speak a word of English. I cried for each time I had a school report that had not even one good word to say about him on it. But he is adamant that there is not a word of truth in any of these stories, and that, for the time being at least, he is here to stay. More than a decade after her fall from power, there are still ordinary, otherwise sane people who wouldn't hear a word spoken against her. The people who know me well don't believe a word of what is written by the media. No matter how many experts you throw at them, they won't believe a word spoken by them. Not a word was spoken to explain the missiles raining down. That wouldn't do at all for the journalist, who solved that little problem by not quoting a single word that I wrote to her. For a start none of us spoke a word of Spanish, we had been busy learning French! I do not speak a word of Italian, nor do I know anything about the different regions etc as I would with France. It comes out on Wednesdays and never prints a single word of world or national news. After all, they argued, the President had not said a word in his message about the military reform. Not a word was spoken throughout with many visibly shaken faces along the route. Michael gets in one last hit on Keelah before he went back upstairs to his computer without saying a word. 1.5one's word A person's account of the truth, especially when it differs from that of another person. （尤指与他人不同的）证词 in court it would have been his word against mine 在法庭上，他的证词就会与我的不同。 Example sentencesExamples If you accept her word, you are saying that my word, because I gave it first, is not to be believed. When I asked if I could fight this in court, I was advised that it was my word against theirs. Take my word for it, the slower version is quite fast enough. It's the attendant's word against that of a patient who can only communicate using ACC. She was condemned on her word alone without proof and lacked defense counsel. Unfortunately, there are no special identifying marks on the belt to authenticate its once owner, and in fact there's now only my word that his son passed it on to me. Sex offences can be difficult to prove or disprove as it often comes down to one person's word against the other's. Here's a video clip proving it in case you were inclined to doubt my word. Take my word for it, if you know anything about the rarity of a true hip hop standout, then you will be at this show. For those who require proof beyond my word for this, take a look at Google's cache of the News Online Politics page. 1.6one's word A promise or assurance. 诺言；保证 everything will be taken care of—you have my word 一切都会关照好的-我向你保证。 Example sentencesExamples I had given United my word - in the presence of my father. You may find it hard to trust my word, and the feeling is mutual I assure you. Asked if he now stood by his comments, he replied: I have to tread a very fine line, but I don't go back on my word with anybody. Rest assured your email address is safe, I will not be passing it on to anyone, you have my word. I regard his statements that my word cannot be believed as offensive, and I would ask him to withdraw and apologise. John, you have my word we'll talk about those other officers and what they're struggling with right now. By then I had already made a promise to Dundee, and I wasn't going to go back on my word. She has appealed to her own family's codes of respect and faithfulness to one's word. The critical issue is whether a university's word can be trusted - and on current evidence it cannot. When the waitress arrives, Beanie's mother remains true to her word and orders only coffee. I don't want to do it but I've given my word so what can I do? We can only do our best to hold the administration to its word. My parents always make me live up to my word so I asked them to live up to theirs. I've kept good on my word not to rattle the tin cup between quarterly fund drives and shall do so till next quarter. We cannot rid the world of drugs but I give you my word that I will work to ensure that our kids have less access to them. I realise that this is a retraction of my word given to the Reverend. I assured him that I had none of the above, but my word was not good enough. It cracks me up that I'm being held to my word from that one interview when I said I wouldn't write a love song. I always promise, but it's generally understood that my word means nothing. It is important that they be so, for science needs good communicators whose word can be trusted. Synonyms promise, word of honour, assurance, guarantee, undertaking 1.7words The text or spoken part of a play, opera, or other performed piece; a script. 台词，对白；歌词 he had to learn his words 他不得不记住他的台词。 Example sentencesExamples What the audience sees and hears in the film is the first time an actor has performed and uttered those words. When you see the casting tapes first it is weird because you are watching people speaking your words against a white plain background. So I just said the words on pieces of paper in front of the camera every day. Later we realised we should've had the subtitles on so we could catch all the words to their squeaky little songs. Outside the cathedral, the words of the Battle Hymn of the Republic echoed over London. Performed without words, it is a deeply elemental, emotive and darkly comic piece of theatre. Synonyms script, text 1.8words Angry talk. 口角，吵架 her father would have had words with her about that 她父亲准会为那事和她吵嘴。 Example sentencesExamples When we got into a scuffle he had words with the both of us, but said nothing about the penalties he had given away. This was definitely not my type of movie and I even had words with the person that insisted I use up my time to sit and watch it. After receiving a complaint we went down and had words with them. In the first half, the referee had words with Tingle, when the player said a North Burton goal was offside. I also had words with my manager, as he had changed the roster for next week without my consultation. Ferguson hurried-up Kyrgiakos in the first half but he also had words with the other two as well. He had words with the referee after the game concerning the foul that led to the second goal. Peggy reckons that he's crawled off to sulk after she had words with him. The manager has had words with his squad and is determined to cut out the niggling dissent. Synonyms quarrel, argue, disagree, row, squabble, bicker, fight, wrangle, dispute, feud, have a row, cross swords, lock horns, clash, be at each other's throats 1.9 A message; news. 消息，信息 I was afraid to leave Washington in case there was word from the office 我不想离开爱丁堡，怕万一陆军部有消息传来。 Example sentencesExamples Redundancies are never happy news, but word reached El Reg that things were not handled terribly delicately in Bristol. The family had had difficulties because word had got about in the local community that the youth was responsible for the burglaries. Instead Paul Krugman puts the word out that the Commander in Chief just may be crazy. HP has not issued word on exactly how many workers will get the axe. Mercury received word from Intel last week that the engineering firm is wanted on the job immediately. In fact, word went around among the five- and six-year-olds that she was a witch. In fact word has it that this sort of cross-airline move is not really an option available to staff. I grimaced, as dutifully I passed the word to Mission Command in the orbiting HMS Cardiff above. This would not be the last word on the issue, because we need facts and information to come to a final verdict. You should know I live in a small community and that word travels fast around here. The word was that an order had come down from the White House that the Pentagon's contingency planning was to be shelved immediately. Members spread the word by text messages, e-mails and leaflets which are handed out in towns and cities. His father said he passed word from a dispatcher to his son that they should stay low and that firefighters were working their way up. In fact, word has it that the unbelieving William III even referred petitioners he turned away to his vanquished rivals. Bamberger had left word at my office that there were more documents for me to inspect. But their concerns grew after Mrs Upton did not arrive and with communications in chaos, there remained no word of her. The last thing you want when running an international campaign is word that the locals are restless. There was still no word of Hess's whereabouts when the communique was broadcast at 8pm that evening. If a really big one hits a remote area, it might become news, if word eventually gets back to the metropolis. In fact, word spread so quickly about the club, that people were travelling from all over Bradford to go to the meetings. Synonyms news, information, communication, intelligence, notice rumour, hearsay, talk, gossip 1.10 A command, password, or motto. 命令；口令；格言 someone gave me the word to start playing 有人给了我开始比赛的口令。 Example sentencesExamples He gave her directions onto a narrow winding road, and told her to drive down it until he gave her the word to stop. Synonyms instruction, order, command command, order, decree, edict, mandate 1.11 A basic unit of data in a computer, typically 16 or 32 bits long. 字（尤指16或32个字节的计算机数据基本单位） verbwərdwərd [with object] Choose and use particular words in order to say or write (something) 选用词语表达（某事），措辞 he words his request in a particularly ironic way 他选用极具嘲讽性的词语来表述他的请求。 a strongly worded letter of protest 一封措辞强硬的抗议信。 Example sentencesExamples I guess I should have worded it better and used less background on my post. I could tell he wasn't quite sure the way he had worded it was the way he wanted it to come out. He also asked that an amendment be made to the incitement charge, which he admitted was erroneously worded. A strongly worded letter is to be sent to the county council asking for an explanation. I ask the nurse for a scribbling pad and a pen and write out a carefully worded resignation. This strongly worded claim is not entirely without justification. The letter was worded in such a way that made the exam sound like something horrific. These e-mails should be worded as carefully as any fundraising letter, if not more so. The reason that I mention it was that it came with a politely worded suggestion that I should change my browser. It was nicely worded, and enough to convince me to stay with the service. His voice was strong and the way he worded things made it sound like poetry. Even so, his boast that we ‘are overtaking the Conservatives’ was carefully worded. She had to be careful how she worded the question, for fear of upsetting or angering the short-tempered man. She just hated the way her mother worded her problems with people when she spoke to them. Moreover the survey was worded in such a way as to discourage any other reply, the alternatives being unlikely to attract votes. He told it without any emotion and worded it as if it were coming from a text book. We worded a letter in such a way that it was OK for them to let our citizens out. Looking at the way the relevant paragraph is worded, I can see how it might be read that way. Public opinion on the issue often depends on how the topic is worded and framed in poll questions. It would be aimed at one person, although it would be worded to cover all naturalised Indians. Synonyms phrase, express, put, couch, frame, set forth, formulate, style exclamationwərdwərd informal Used to express agreement. “That Jay is one dangerous character.” “Word.” Phrases at a word As soon as requested. 一经要求，立即 ready to leave again at a word 准备随时再离开。 Example sentencesExamples There was no seam or opening to be found on the box, yet at a word from Loarela, the top suddenly was no longer just a painting of a vortex, but an actual pit of darkness. Elizabeth tried to touch it, but stopped at a word from her mother. He ordered a cut-purse caught in the act to be hanged without a trial at a word from his royal mouth.’ The gunner's stopped the armoured artillery pieces, ready to fire at a word's notice. Her favourites were lanterns that could come alive or die at a word, and an arrow that would hit whatever you wanted to hit, no matter how bad your aim was. He consoled himself with the knowledge that the human was in his power, and that at a word the humans life would be ended. be as good as one's word Do what one has promised to do. 信守诺言 Example sentencesExamples Alesso was as good as his word and came to my studio by nine each morning. He wrote to my wife, Jeanette, while I was in prison, reassuring her that he would look after me, and he was as good as his word. With hindsight maybe I should have left in my friend's car but when the police say they are coming you expect them to be as good as their word. Our pilot, Dan, a young clean-cut Melburnian, promises us a spectacular trip and he is as good as his word. Eleven years later, even his harshest critics would have to concede that Barry has been as good as his word. Last week the Town Clerk was as good as his word when a total of 25 lime trees were put in specially prepared beds along the avenue. Adam was as good as his word about sending photographs of his children, but MaryAnn had a need to see them for real. Kerry told them she was going to pay off what she owed - and she was as good as her word. We got into a discussion, and he told me to come and see him when I came to London; and when I arrived, he was as good as his word. General Cunningham had promised that he would not leave Jerusalem until the last minute and he was as good as his word. have a word Speak briefly to someone. 简短地和某人说话 I'll just have a word with him 我只想和他说一两句话。 Example sentencesExamples Certainly, ward councillors will be having a word with officers and members of the executive regarding these proposed changes. He left in the interval but not before having a word with everyone who wished to meet him. I considered at one point going around and having a word with the hosts, to get them to ask their guests to be a little more respectful. But I'll be having a word with him because he put us under pressure. She managed to get out of hospital this week after having a word or two with the doctor. I will be having a word with the board to see whether we can maybe add one or two bodies to see if we can bolster things up a bit. I think he's having a word with the chairman in the next couple of weeks, and then I'll take it from there. The customer at the till is more likely to be talking on the phone than having a word with the shop assistant or the next person in the queue. Announcing that he must have a word with the man in front, our jolly farmer prized himself out of the driver's seat and ambled up to the lead car. The undertaking attracted the attention of several motorists, who stopped to have a word or two with the volunteers. Synonyms have a conversation, talk, have a talk, have a discussion, converse, communicate, chat, have a chat, pass the time of day, have a word, gossip, make conversation in other words Expressed in a different way; that is to say. 换句话说，也就是说 Example sentencesExamples What, in other words, could possibly be gained by going over the same data that someone else has analysed? Where do they meet when you cross them - in other words, what can you cover with them? What is lost with the passing of network TV, in other words, is the journalism of verification. The Minister's ruling, in other words, is not quite the definitive decision it might seem at first. So in other words, the tribunal would make the judgment based on the nature of the claim itself. Yes, she was one of my friends, or in other words: another one of Meena's posses. There is a difference, in other words, between tax minimisation and tax evasion. There is no such thing, in other words, as a stimulus which produces the same emotional response in everyone. Today's woman is closer to today's man - in other words, shaped like a phone box. Galloway, by contrast, was his usual self: in other words, a blustering demagogue. Synonyms namely, that is to say, that is, to wit, to be specific, specifically, in other words, to put it another way in so many words often with negativeIn the way mentioned. 直截了当地；明确地 I haven't told him in so many words, but he'd understand 我没有直截了当地告诉他，但他会明白的。 Example sentencesExamples ‘If I don't win a major,’ the player will say in so many words, ‘I'll still have had a rewarding career.’ The president and his advisors want to duck responsibility by claiming, in so many words, that the Louisiana authorities didn't fill out the right forms. He not only called me a liar but also said, in so many words, ‘I'm alone this weekend and bored so I thought I'd ask you all out.’ I flipped through the magazine and an article says, in so many words, that being interested in celebrities is good for you. Upon taking over the paper, he told reporters and editors in so many words that the paper was garbage and needed a complete makeover. Without actually saying so in so many words, the author brings out the interplay of nature and nurture - of inherent character and the effect of environment. On the USDA site, it says that, in so many words, this chart was tested to death on consumers for maximum comprehension. She consulted with the manager, and told me, in so many words, that I lived in firestorm-and-lethal-radiation territory. She told him, in so many words, ‘We're messing your son up, and maybe the psychologist can undo our damage.’ None of them states this in so many words, but it is the inescapable consequence of their rhetoric about contracts and deals and obligations. in a word Briefly. 简而言之，总之，一句话 Example sentencesExamples She was out of time, out of tune, out of breath - in a word, terrible. And the men in that part of the world are short, stocky and hairy - in a word, not very handsome. Likewise, the goal of capitalist corporations is to make the biggest return on investment possible, in a word, greed. They just want some peace and quiet to reflect, or to lose themselves in a good novel, poem or piece of fine music - in a word to think. The back-to-back sets to follow are both, in a word, stellar. It is complex; it is changing fast; it is, in a word, exciting. Everyone has a right to do this, of course, but seeing so much division between students makes me, in a word, sad. Even in prison bureaucracies, policies that admit no possible exception are, in a word, stupid. I thought she was, in a word, gorgeous, and I vowed to have that haircut, or die trying. I like to think of listening to these three discs as an opportunity for true quality time with a true quality band: in a word, it's intimacy. Synonyms to put it briefly, to be brief, briefly, in short, in a nutshell, succinctly, concisely, to come to the point, to cut a long story short, not to mince words, not to beat about the bush, not to put too fine a point on it keep one's word Do what one has promised. 信守诺言 Example sentencesExamples I'm sure our leaders fought for this and kept their word to us the troops even in time of war. We've kept our word to display the vision around Christmas. They always kept their word and I never had any problems throughout the shoot or afterwards when the film was shown in public. Carole found out what was going on and almost left him, but Merritt promised to quit and kept his word after the Vegas fight. Always keep your word with children, in punishments as well as in rewards. They haven't kept their word on their ethical policy, he said. The strange thing about this is that, with all the great promises of positive stories, we can count on one hand the very few that have kept their word. They're just saying you're a low swine who'd rather play word games than keep your word. It's just about keeping your word and not promising more than you can do. ‘We impressed on the children not to leave litter behind and they kept their word,’ one of the escorts said. a man/woman of his/her word A person who keeps their promises. 守信的人，遵守诺言的人 Example sentencesExamples She described him as a man of his word and said they should trust reassurances he's made about any future Supreme Court appointments. Aimée smiled and nodded at Emily, knowing she was a woman of her word and thankful for it. He's a man of his word, and after Tuesday we will have a clearer indication. He knew Sarah was a woman of her word and she'd rather die than break it. A man of his word, he at last kept the promise he'd made to his wife in 1986 - the year they bought a shingled cottage. They cite his ‘obvious love for the Papuan people’ and call him ‘a stickler for being a man of his word.’ Tyreen is also a man of his word and he fights alongside Dundee as he had pledged. And again like Peter, I hope he will be a man of his word. Harry has proven himself to be absolutely a man of his word, a man of principle, a quiet spoken person with a very strong conviction and a good heart. Being a nice guy and a man of his word, Darren sent the information she'd requested as soon as he got a spare moment. (on/upon) my word An exclamation of surprise or emphasis. 我敢保证；说实在话（表示惊讶或强调） my word, you were here quickly! 说真的，你到这儿真快！ Example sentencesExamples Oh my word, masterful execution there by the ladies, Johnny, just take us through the replay there! My initial reaction is that, my word, this is a sport that is geared up to explode. Maybe it won't turn out to be that significant, but my word, it could be. My word, it has an intense nose packed with honeysuckle, apricots and lime blossom. He's a very cute and very active kid, and my word did he make spirited attempts at escape. Many thanks to all (and my word, there were a lot of you!) who gave Rebecca a Christmas present. Oh my word, I mean I figured it contained some really screwed up people, but this? He was up there to be shot at and, my word, was he shot! We hooked up with the wedding party towards the inebriate end of the evening - my word, did we ever. I don't know what they gave those bunnies, but my word were they placid. of few words Taciturn. 沉默寡言的，很少话的 he's a man of few words 他是个沉默寡言的人。 Example sentencesExamples A quiet, laid-back Kentuckian of few words, Gullett bristles at the attention and praise. As a teenager of few words, he had not told his parents about his fever, not realizing that his silence aroused fears in his parents, the hospital and the judges. Perhaps it was our suspicious behaviour that caused her to be short with us, or perhaps she was having an off night, or maybe she is simply a woman of few words. The 18-year-old from Tarbert, a young man of few words, polled 60 per cent of eviction votes last Wednesday. They say that my dad is a man of few words, but he taught me by the quiet eloquence of his hard work and by his decency. The inescapable feeling that here was someone who was often silent, a man of few words, few thoughts, who simply existed. A shy man of few words, his face crackles with pride when he speaks of his prized piece: a mammoth, double-hosed shisha pipe. Some people might mistake you for shy but, truth is, you're just a bit reserved - a girl of few words. He's a man of few words and he carries a really big axe. Kate seems a woman of few words, but this reticence is more than made up for by the reminiscences of her friend and husband. Synonyms reticent, taciturn, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unresponsive, close-mouthed, close-lipped put something into words Express something in speech or writing. 用言语表达 he felt a vague disappointment which he couldn't put into words 他感到些许无法用言语表达的失望之情。 Example sentencesExamples Sometimes you just can't put your agony into words. In the brutalized area one kilometer to the south, a weeping community leader put that sadness into words of disbelief. People with Huntington's often have difficulty putting thoughts into words and slur their speech. Mr Todd's wife, Marie, said: ‘I can't put my gratitude into words. Though Pam had no doubt that her mom loved her, she didn't remember ever hearing her put it into words, let alone express it with an unsolicited hug or kiss. It was quite weird, but the minute I put pen to paper and started putting things into words, things suddenly seemed a lot easier. I like to think that I am still creative, that I can still form coherent thoughts and put them into words. Authors put their thoughts into words for the whole community to see and critique. At one of our board meetings, when we were struggling to put our mission into words, Jerry skipped lunch and went off by himself. Those are the facts, but they don't convey the emotions of this achievement, and I won't even try to put them into words. put words into someone's mouth 1Falsely or inaccurately report what someone has said. 硬说某人说过某些话 Example sentencesExamples Police will not be able to put words into the detainee's mouth, but incriminating statements which appear on the tape will be difficult to deny. Well, there goes one journalist's attempt to put words into someone's mouth. Instead of putting words into the president's mouth in order to look smart, journalists ought to try looking up what he said. I've been critical of people or groups of people on my website, but in the case of non-public figures, I never named names or put words into their mouth. 1.1Prompt or encourage someone to say something that they may not otherwise have said. 教某人怎样讲 Example sentencesExamples I guess you could say that I sort of became a soldier of fortune, or something romantic like that but don't put words into my mouth, I didn't say ‘mercenary’. My colleague did not say that at any time during the many answers she gave to questions in this House, and that member should not put words into her mouth. I hate it when people put words into my mouth or when they imply something that I should do. My apologies if I seemed to be putting words into your mouth. That's what… I mean, David, you don't put words into my mouth. Please don't put words into my mouth that I have not used. I didn't say that so don't go putting words into my mouth. They'll temper that with the suggestion that the mother put words into the boy 's mouth to come up with this story. I am sorry, I am not trying to put words into the member's mouth. In her last letter she asked her sister-in-law Elisabeth not to blame Louis-Charles and to remember how easy it is to put words into a child 's mouth. take someone at their word Interpret a person's words literally or exactly, especially by believing them or doing as they suggest. 相信某人说的话是真的 Example sentencesExamples If we take them at their word, the war is not going to solve this issue. Not knowing who the individuals are at the moment, we have to take them at their word. Everybody seemed to take them at their word but after just a few weeks, they have gone the other way. When clubs begged us two years ago to do whatever was needed to get fixtures played in one calendar year we took them at their word. I also believe that we would do well to take them at their word. I learned that if someone says they are planning to kill you, it is wise to take them at their word. Without sitting in on their selection meetings, we can only take them at their word. Maybe we should take them at their word, and ask if they already do? The farmers always said there was no room for sentiment in agriculture and so we'll take them at their word. I'm only sorry that we didn't go public at the time… we took them at their word, but nothing has been done and four more years have passed. take the words out of someone's mouth Say what someone else was about to say. 先说出某人想讲的话 Example sentencesExamples Maybe my headline above takes the words out of the President's mouth these days. You can only mumble ‘You took the words out of my mouth… ‘quietly while the boss praises them.’ Natasha, that's exactly what I was about to say, you took the words out of my mouth. ‘Yes,’ Efad replied, taking the words out of Justin 's mouth. ‘You took the words out of my mouth,’ Milton smiled. Mr Carter's speech took the words out of my mouth. take someone's word (for it) Believe what someone says or writes without checking for oneself. 轻信某人的话 Example sentencesExamples Anyway, we will take your word for it and believe you guys. If you look closely at the screen - you'll have to take our word for this, or check out the original picture here - you can see the following. They also took the officer's word for what speed he was doing. I had sent him a letter to say don't take my word for it - check with this list of other musicians. I didn't know whether to believe him, but I figured I would take his word for it since I had no proof that what he was saying was untrue. Don't take my word for it, go to the site and check it out. All of these are clearly supported by Nicholas' report, but don't just take our word for that, check it against the full report. Don't take our word for it, check the Water Survey of Canada's factual database. Of course, there was no demonstration this time but they took the manufacturer 's word for it. I'm just a guy writing about baseball on a website, so don't take my word for it. too — for words informal Extremely — 〈非正式〉很，极 going around by the road was too tedious for words 沿路四处逛真是乏味，简直无法用语言形容。 Example sentencesExamples The whole thing is just too ludicrous for words. I don't believe these people have the air of 1962 about them, they are extremely modern hipsters, too cool for words. It seems too dreadful for words to be indoors studying. The similarities are just too spooky for words. The piglets were, of course, too cute for words. Why waste the time on the sort of gathering you've told me is too tedious for words? Perhaps the government should encourage the banks to get their systems in place: this service sounds too outrageous for words. First of all a fearless, infallible hero pitted against a bunch of hoodlums and brutal, power-crazy politicians is too stereotypical for words. It's too painful for words, and I hang on to a great deal of hope that there may yet come a day when we will see it return. I swear, weekends are getting too chaotic for words. waste words 1Talk in vain. 白费口舌 Example sentencesExamples He wished he could say it back but he wasn't one to waste words and he didn't feel love for her just yet, although he cared for her more as the days rolled by. Can I asked what happened or would I just be wasting words? Doyle wasn't a man of many words, and I'd never seen any point in wasting words, so we didn't talk until the bell rang. It is refreshing to listen to someone who never wastes words. 2Talk at length. 啰啰嗦嗦地说 Example sentencesExamples Why waste words when simple action will serve just as nicely. No need to waste words here: Not everyone in the gulag was a ‘prisoner of conscience ‘… The lass did not waste words coming straight to the point. He didn't often waste words when he spoke and his talks were always simple, yet highly motivating, as I imagine were his team talks. the Word (of God) 1The Bible, or a part of it. 《圣经》，《圣经》的一部分 Example sentencesExamples They are a new community centered around the teachings of the Word and the breaking of bread. The revelation of God is found in the Word of God, the gospel enshrined in the scriptures, and all claims for revelation must be brought back and tested there. The First Reformation gave the Word of God back to the people. Do we measure other views by God's Word, or do we attempt to verify the Bible by the views of others? The members of that Bible study stood on the authority of the Word of God. Does the Word of God plainly say that faith without works is a dead faith? However, remember that very few archaeologists are Christians and most would reject the historicity and authority of the Word of God. What does the Word of God warn about replacing Bible Truth with human tradition? We want to see another reformation in the church and so we are calling the church back to the Word of God, starting with the very first verse. In one of my classes we work on oral interpretations of the Word with seminarians. 2Jesus Christ. 耶稣（见LOGOS ） Example sentencesExamples Other positions are more centred on Jesus Christ as the Word of God, who gives his distinctive teaching and example - often very different from the prevailing ethos. Jesus Christ, being the Word made flesh through the divine power of God, is what a real believer should know. Jesus Christ, as he is testified to us in the Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God, whom we are to hear, whom we are to trust and obey in life and in death. For Torrance, too, God's revelation, the Word of God is Jesus Christ. In short, Christ as the Word is associated both with creation and with redemption. For Barth, Jesus Christ as the enfleshed Word of God is the basis for the doctrine of the Trinity. Christ, as redemptive person and Word of God, is not to be encapsulated once-for-all in the historical Jesus. John's gospel offers deep reflection on the nature and meaning of Jesus as the revelatory Word of God. The Christian clings to that living and incarnate Word, in whom salvation is to be found. word for word In exactly the same or, when translated, exactly equivalent words. 逐字地，一字不变地；逐字翻译，直译 Example sentencesExamples Students, at their examinations, had to reproduce their teachers' lessons word for word. This is a text message I received the other day from him - word for word. It is the same thing you put in your complaint, word for word almost. Every child in the land knew it word for word by the following Monday. Sign language is visual, and isn't always translated word for word into English. The following is a transcript, nearly word for word, of a tape recording I made earlier tonight. I wish I could translate the song for you guys word for word, but it would take too much time. Anyway here is the URL for the article: and this is where he stole it from, word for word. Its editor apologised profusely and told us it is not their policy to lift stories word for word and it wouldn't happen again. We watch episodes over and over again… We know them word for word. Synonyms verbatim, line for line, letter for letter, to the letter verbatim, literal, exact, direct, precise, accurate, faithful, strict, undeviating word of honor A solemn promise. 用名誉担保（表示正式许诺） I'll be good to you always, I give you my word of honor 我将永远对你好，我用我的名誉担保。 Example sentencesExamples Not until we gave our word of honor did expressions cautiously start to change. Just fax us what you want, promising us on word of honor that you are over 18 and these and much more can be yours. What I prefer is a handshake and a person's word of honor. He said on his word of honour that they had no connection with the Indian Communist Party. We don't want your money, just your signature - and when the time comes, your willingness to carry through on your word of honor. Kohl refused, saying he had given his word of honor. This inn was visited by Russian inhabitants and French prisoners of war, who were granted freedom of movement on their word of honour. He was known for his meticulous interviews and his strict word of honor about protecting witness identity. We thought we had their word of honour that these guys would be released much earlier. I know my duty well, and I give you my solemn word of honor that I will not disappoint you or our people. Synonyms promise, word of honour, assurance, guarantee, undertaking word of mouth Spoken language; informal or unofficial discourse. 口语；非正式（或非官方）话语 Example sentencesExamples He would like to know how negative word-of-mouth communication affects consumer thoughts about a product. There was virtually no publicity but the number of spectators kept increasing by the day, obviously due to word-of-mouth publicity. Interestingly, the company doesn't do much advertising, instead relying on word-of-mouth and sponsorship of events. Information in Somalian culture is often communicated by word of mouth and radio is very important in this process. A good experience creates positive word-of-mouth, and that brings more customers. The coast-to-coast operation works with almost no budget and has thrived on word-of-mouth since its inception. The information is then spread by word of mouth and mobile phone text messages. Lack of effective marketing has to be addressed and the makers should take pains to carry out word-of-mouth marketing of their films. The business boomed, with new customers hearing about him mostly through word-of-mouth. He subleased a small commercial kitchen and found customers mostly by word of mouth. the word on the street informal A rumor or piece of information currently being circulated. 〈非正式〉街头谣言；街谈巷议 Example sentencesExamples ‘The word on the street,’ he grumbled, ‘is that if you buy this equipment you will be pulled over right away.’ The word on the street at the height of the dotcom boom was that this was the figure to watch if you were interested in investing in growth companies. The word on the street in Cork is that some investors are getting increasingly nervous as rental prices fall in certain parts of Ireland's second city. Is the word on the street true; has Hollywood really run out of ideas, or are these new Asian films just that good? A good friend of mine writes in to say that the word on the street is that thankfully so far it seems that no students were hurt. I think he may be donating money for a new pulmonary center or something, at least that's the word on the street. That is the word on the street and everybody in Wanganui knows that that seat will be gone. The word on the street however is that its main star will make a special appearance soon. The word on the street is that he has lost the political spotlight recently and wants to regain it. According to the gardening media and the word on the street, the prince's weedy overgrown look is quite the thing this season. words fail me Used to express one's disbelief or dismay. 说不出话来；无法用言语表达失望（或气馁） Example sentencesExamples Let me offer my apologies for the swearing, but words fail me on occasions such as these. When I think of what these young farmers are paid for working to produce a quality food and what these people who dream up the daft adverts are paid, words fail me. I scrunch up my nose trying to explain exactly how I feel but my words fail me so I just skip it. Sometimes, after I read the news, words fail me. Any sort of violence against innocent people is bad enough, but to attack schoolchildren… words fail me. It doesn't sound like hard work but it really is, and it's such a huge adrenaline rush that words fail me trying to describe it. I am an English teacher but words fail me as I contemplate a racing future without him. Even today, nearly ten years on, I find that words fail me when I try to describe my feelings as the final whistle went and South Africa became world champions. The Academy Award-winning actress is so awful in this film that words fail me. Taking money meant for charity is bad enough, but robbing from the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal - words fail me. a word to the wise A hint or brief explanation given, that being all that is required. 对明白人不用细说 Example sentencesExamples Concerned at the use of speed by young people, they created a radio campaign with the singer offering a word to the wise. Concerns about reliability and validity creep in, and I offer a word to the wise to take their results with a grain of salt. But before you run out to the video store and whip out your rental card, a word to the wise. For anyone with a vision of flocks of sheep being replaced by flocks of tourists, I have a word to the wise. Here's a word to the wise: it beats an annual return of 5% APR on your cash, and is a sexier investment to boot. Here's a word to the wise from someone who's experiencing late motherhood herself. Finally, a word to the wise: When you display your fabulous portraits, put them out of range of those who will not be able to refrain from touching the works of art. Just a word to the wise: Yesterday security at the DNC was confiscating umbrellas, and any bottles of water. But just a word to the wise, official traffic cop cars parked on the grassy knoll just of Thorburn Road give the game away. Here's a word to the wise: if you treat your customers like an enemy long enough, that's exactly what they'll become. break one's word Fail to do what one has promised. 信守诺言 Example sentencesExamples She gave me no reason for what she asked me to do, but I promised and I won't break my word. ‘I cannot break my word,’ she said, ‘to stay out of jail.’ I looked at him, not about to break my word to Matt and say anything about our musings on the boat. If journalists break their word when convenient, virtually no one in government will take the risk of revealing official wrongdoing. We can't have politicians who break their word. Whatever has come before, we now have only two options: to keep our word, or to break our word. I was furious with the school for causing me to break my word to my son that he could call me and I would be there for him. Despite the fact that he's in love with Ginger, Fred feels he can't break his word to Margaret. Surely you know I'd never break my word to you, Tabby. Nonetheless, Marius promised an honest reply and he wasn't the type to break his word. Phrasal Verbs word up as imperativeListen. 〈黑人英语〉听着 word up, my brother, you got me high as a kite 听着，我的兄弟，你把我灌得烂醉如泥了。 Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch woord and German Wort, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin verbum ‘word’. noun.1 phr. phr.v.
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