mass noun
1- the action of conveying information or expressing one's thoughts and feelings in spoken language说话; 讲话; 谈话。
1.1
- the activity of delivering speeches or lectures演讲：
public speaking.
公共演讲。
attrib.
1- used for or engaged in speech讲话的：
you have a clear speaking voice.
你说话声音清楚。
1.1
- conveying meaning as though in words富有深意的：
she gave him a speaking look.
她富有深意地看了他一眼。
1.2
- (of a portrait) so like the subject as to seem to be alive and capable of speech（画像）逼真的; 栩栩如生的：
a speaking likeness.
栩栩如生的画像。
1.3
- in combination able to communicate in a specified language讲某种语言的：
an English-speaking guide.
一个英语导游。
短语
on speaking terms
1
- slightly acquainted泛泛之交的。
2
- sufficiently friendly to talk to each other关系不错; 友好：
she parted from her mother barely on speaking terms.
她和母亲分开时几乎连话都不讲了。
- speaking
- used to indicate the degree of accuracy intended in a statement or the point of view from which it is made就…来说, 对…而言, …说来：
broadly speaking, there are three major models for local-central relations.
从广义上而言, 有三种主要的地方-中央关系模式。
speaking in tongues
- another term for GLOSSOLALIA.