c. 1300, "one who speaks," agent noun from speak (v.). Similar formation in Old Frisian spreker, Old High German sprahhari, German Sprecher. First applied to "person who presides over an assembly" c. 1400, from similar use in Anglo-French (late 14c.) in reference to the English Parliament; later extended to the U.S. House of Representatives, etc. The electric amplifier so called from 1926, short for loud-speaker.
雙語例句
1. They've found out where the other speaker plugs in.
他們已找到另外那個揚聲器的連接點了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. For twenty minutes, the Speaker tried to keep order.
20分鐘的時間里，議長一直在竭力維持秩序。
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3. Bruce Wyatt will be the guest speaker at next month's meeting.
布魯斯·懷亞特將成為下月會議的特邀發言人。
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4. Mr. Speaker, our message to the president is simple.
議長先生，我們向總統表達的意思非常簡單。
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5. The first speaker began to talk, very fast and rather loudly.