speech
/spiːtʃ/noun
1
- mass noun the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds说话; 言语：
he was born deaf and without the power of speech.
他生来就失聪, 也没有说话的能力。
1.1
- a person's style or speaking说话方式：
she wouldn't accept his correction of her speech.
她不会接受他纠正她的说话方式。
2
- a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience演说; 发言：
the headmistress made a speech about how much they would miss her.
女校长发言说大家会非常怀念她。
2.1
- a sequence of lines written for one character in a play（戏剧）台词。
词源
Old English spræc, sprēc, later spēc, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch spraak, German Sprache, also to SPEAK.