spoke: [OE] Like its relatives German speiche and Dutch speek, spoke goes back to prehistoric Germanic *spaikōn. This was derived from the base *spaik-, *speik-, which also produced English spike. => spike
spoke (n.)
"radius of a wheel," Old English spaca "spoke of a wheel, radius," related to spicing "large nail," from Proto-Germanic *spaikon (cognates: Old Saxon speca, Old Frisian spake, Dutch spaak, Old High German speicha, German speiche "spoke"), of uncertain origin, probably from PIE *spei- "sharp point" (see spike (n.1)).
雙語例句
1. The President spoke of the treacherous intentions of the enemy.
總統(tǒng)談及了敵人的奸詐用心。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Secret Service officer Robin Thompson spoke on behalf of his colleagues.
特工處官員羅賓·湯普森代表他的同僚發(fā)表了講話。
來自柯林斯例句
3. She looked him full in the face as she spoke.
她說話的時(shí)候直盯著他的臉。
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4. On their way back to Marseille they spoke very little.
返回馬賽的路上，他們沒怎么說話。
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5. He spoke no English and was completely silent during the visit.