Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Declamation \Dec`la*ma"tion\, n. [L. declamatio, from declamare:
cf. F. d['e]clamation. See {Declaim}.]
1. The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery;
haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the
public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools
and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.
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The public listened with little emotion, but with
much civility, to five acts of monotonous
declamation. --Macaulay.
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2. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
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3. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than
sense; as, mere declamation.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
declamation
n 1: vehement oratory
2: recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and
intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
