speech/spitʃ; spiːtʃ/n 1 [C] a talk that someone gives to a group of people 演说﹐演讲: +to The President will give a speech to Congress later today. 总统将于今天晚些时候向国会发表演说。Her father made a long speech . 她爸爸发表了长篇大论。+about/on a speech on the environment 有关环境的演讲2 [U] when someone speaks, or the way that they speak 说话﹔说话方式: words that are used in speech as well as in writing 口语和书面语都使用的单词Her speech was slow and rather slurred. 她说话很慢﹐含糊不清。3 freedom of speech/free speech the right to say or print whatever you want 言论自由DIRECT SPEECH, FIGURE OF SPEECH, INDIRECT SPEECH, PART OF SPEECH, REPORTED SPEECH