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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a person who speaks.
说话的人
Everyone turned around to see the speaker of these surprising words.She is a very good speaker of French.每个人都回过头来看说出这些让人吃惊的话的说话的人。她是个法语说的很好的人。 |
| definition 2: |
a person who speaks publicly.
讲演者
The speaker at the graduation was both interesting and inspiring.毕业式的讲演者又有趣又激励人。 |
| definition 3: |
an electronic device that produces sound; loudspeaker.
话筒, 扬声器
My stereo system has two speakers.我的音响系统有两个扬声器。
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| definition 4: |
(sometimes capitalized) the leader of the U.S. House of Representatives or other legislative assembly.
发言人
In 1999, Dennis Hastert became the Speaker of the House of Representatives.在1999年，丹尼斯哈斯特尔特成为了众议院发言人。 |
The word speaker
contains the following part:
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, administrator, builder, batter3, beggar, broiler, burglar, captor, carrier, censor, cleaner, commissioner, computer, consumer, container, dancer, diner, director, doctor, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, liar, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, potter, preacher, razor, refrigerator, reporter, runner, sailor, sculptor, seller, singer, speaker, survivor, teacher, tractor, user, vendor, washer, worker, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
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