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🇺🇸 /tˈɔk/ 🇬🇧 /tɔːk/

noun 编号: T00222 牛津3000 BNC #289 COCA #168

talk 的核心是“用语言交流”；它既可以指说话这一动作，也可以指由说话形成的谈话、讨论、传闻或公开话题。

💡 记忆钩子

把 talk 想成“把话说出来并让话流动起来”：人们彼此说话，就是 talk；围绕事情展开的交流，是一次 talk；流传开来的消息会变成 talk，只有嘴上说说、没有行动则是 all talk。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“说话”和“谈论某事”两条主线，再学习“传闻、话题、空谈”等引申义。
不要把 talk 一律理解成正式演讲；普通交流用 talk，正式演讲也可用，但具体语境常需结合其他词判断。
talk about 表示“谈论……”，不要按汉语习惯直接把谈论对象紧跟在 talk 后面。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 谈话；讨论

📖 指人们坐下来交换意见或谈一件事情的谈话，通常比随意闲聊更有明确主题。

💡 常用结构是 have a talk about something，表示“谈谈某事”。它既可指严肃谈话，也可指较非正式的讨论；不要误以为它只能表示争论。

countable uncountable

We need to have a talk about your homework.

我们得谈谈你的作业。

I had a long talk with my sister last night.

昨晚我和姐姐谈了很久。
common 演讲；讲座

📖 指一个人在听众面前就某个主题所作的演讲或讲座。

💡 常用结构是 a talk on/about a topic，表示“关于某主题的讲座”。它比表示正式演说的词更宽泛、更日常；不要仅因有听众就把所有 talk 都理解成大型演讲。

countable uncountable

She is giving a talk on climate change tonight.

她今晚要作一个关于气候变化的讲座。
common 传闻；闲话

📖 指人们私下传播、但未必已经证实的消息，尤其是关于某人的消息。

💡 常用结构是 there is talk of something 或 there has been talk about something。这个用法通常带有“听说、传闻”的不确定意味；不要把它当成已经确认的事实。

uncountable

There has been talk of a new store opening nearby.

最近有人在传附近要开一家新店。
common 公众热议的话题

📖 指某人或某事成为大家都在谈论的对象，强调它受到广泛关注。

💡 常用结构是 be the talk of the town/day 或 the talk of a place。通常要用定冠词 the，表示特定时期或地方里最受议论的人或事；不要把它理解成某种正式会议。

countable uncountable

Her surprise performance was the talk of the town.

她那场出人意料的表演成了全城热议的话题。
common 关于性教育的谈话

📖 在特定家庭语境中，the talk 指家长或监护人与孩子进行的、通常关于性和身体变化的那次重要谈话。

💡 通常只说 have the talk，前面用 the 表示双方都知道是哪次谈话。这个说法较委婉，具体内容要看上下文；不要在普通讨论中随意使用它来表示任何严肃谈话。

countable uncountable

My parents had the talk with me when I was twelve.

我十二岁时，父母和我谈过那件事。
common 关于种族经历的家庭谈话

📖 在美国语境中，the talk 也可特指家长与有色人种孩子谈论种族身份、偏见和现实风险的谈话。

💡 这是美国社会文化语境中的特定说法，通常使用 the talk，不宜脱离背景泛化。翻译时应根据上下文说明谈话涉及种族经历，而不是简单译成“那次谈话”。

US countable uncountable

He said his mother had the talk with him before he started driving.

他说，自己开始开车前，母亲和他谈过有关种族现实的那件事。
common 空谈；吹嘘

📖 指只有说法、承诺或夸口，却没有相应行动或结果的话。

💡 常见结构是 be all talk，表示“只会说不会做”。它常用于批评某人不可靠或爱吹嘘；不要把普通的计划说明误判为空谈，关键在于是否缺少行动。

uncountable

He promises to help, but he is all talk.

他答应要帮忙，可他只是嘴上说说。
common 会谈；磋商

📖 指为解决某个具体问题而举行的讨论会，常见于政府、组织或双方之间的正式协商。

💡 常用复数 talks，尤其用于 be in talks over/about something，表示“正在就某事进行会谈”。这种用法比普通谈话正式，不能随意把一次朋友聊天称为 talks。

countable plural-normally uncountable

The two companies are in talks over a new contract.

两家公司正在就一份新合同进行会谈。

talks plural

verb

core 说话；交谈

📖 指通过语言与别人交流，重点是说话这一行为本身，而不一定强调具体内容。

💡 常用结构是 talk to/with someone，表示“和某人说话”，也可直接说 talk。talk to 更常用于强调对某人说话，talk with 更强调双方交谈；不要漏掉介词而直接说 talk someone。

intransitive

Let's sit down and talk.

我们坐下来谈谈吧。

Can I talk to you for a minute?

我能和你谈一分钟吗？
core 谈论；讨论

📖 指围绕某个主题交换意见或信息，是“把话说到某件事上”。

💡 最常见结构是 talk about something，表示“谈论某事”；也可用 talk something over 表示“把某事谈清楚”。不要直接说 talk a problem，通常应说 talk about a problem。

informal transitive

We sat down to talk about the problem.

我们坐下来讨论这个问题。

They talked business over lunch.

他们午餐时谈了生意。
common 说某种语言

📖 指能够使用某种语言进行交流。

💡 语言名称可直接放在 talk 后面，如 talk French，也常说 talk in French。表示“会说”时通常用一般现在时；不要在语言名称前机械加介词 to。

transitive

My grandparents talk French at home.

我的祖父母在家说法语。
common 强调规模或重要性

📖 在非正式表达中，talk 后接某个特点，表示所说的事物规模很大、金额很高或很重要。

💡 常见结构是 talk big money、talk serious business 一类的搭配，通常用于口语或新闻式口语。这里 talk 不是“讨论”，而是强调“说到的是某种程度的事情”；不要把它当成普通的 talk about。

informal transitive

They are talking serious money for that young player.

他们愿意为那名年轻球员出一大笔钱。
rare 供出；招供

📖 在俚语中指向警方或他人吐露秘密，尤其是供出牵涉其中的其他人。

💡 通常单独用 talk，或说 talk to the police；这是俚语和犯罪语境中的用法。正式表达“供认”应使用更明确的词，不要在普通聊天中用 talk 表示坦白。

intransitive slang
common 没资格批评别人

📖 用于指出某人批评别人做了自己也做过的事，相当于“你自己也一样”。

💡 常见固定说法是 you’re one to talk 或 I’m not one to talk。它通常带反讽或责备语气；不要把这里的 talk 按字面理解成“说话的人”。

intransitive

You complain about being late, but you’re one to talk.

你还抱怨别人迟到，可你自己也没资格这么说。
common 传出闲话

📖 指人们开始谈论某人或某事，并可能因此产生流言或丑闻。

💡 常见表达是 people will talk，表示“人们会说闲话”，常用于提醒某种行为可能引起议论。这个用法通常不接具体宾语；若明确说谈论什么，仍可用 talk about。

intransitive

If we leave together, people will talk.

如果我们一起离开，人们会说闲话的。
rare 嘴上宣称

📖 指某人的言语表面上表达某种立场，但实际行为并不支持这种说法。

💡 通常把某种思想、价值观或立场放在 talk 后面，常用于批评或对比言行。这个用法较书面或评论性强；日常表达“他说……但没做到”时应使用更直接的结构。

transitive
rare 影响某人说出某话

📖 指某种情绪、药物或外部因素仿佛在“替某人说话”，使其表达出平时不会表达的立场。

💡 常见于 the drugs are talking 之类的拟人化表达，语气非正式，通常带责备或调侃。它不是普通的“劝某人说话”，不要与 talk to someone 混用。

informal

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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 11 组

deliver a lecture or talk;

同义词集: lecture talk

She will talk at Rutgers next week

Did you ever lecture at Harvard?

上位: instruct, learn, teach 下位: preach, prophesy

the act of giving a talk to an audience

同义词集: talk

I attended an interesting talk on local history

上位: lecture, lecturing

divulge confidential information or secrets

同义词集: spill the beans let the cat out of the bag talk tattle blab peach babble sing babble out blab out

Be careful--his secretary talks

上位: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap

express in speech;

同义词集: talk speak utter mouth verbalize verbalise

She talks a lot of nonsense

This depressed patient does not verbalize

上位: communicate, intercommunicate 下位: babble, bark, bay, begin, blab, blabber, blunder, blunder out, blurt, blurt out, bumble, chant, chatter, clack, deliver, drone, drone on, ejaculate, falter, gabble, generalise, generalize, gibber, gulp, hiss, inflect, intone, jabber, jaw, maunder, modulate, mouth off, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, palaver, peep, piffle, prate, prattle, present, rabbit on, rant, rattle on, rave, read, shout, sibilate, sing, siss, sizz, slur, snap, snarl, snivel, spout, stammer, stutter, swallow, tattle, tittle-tattle, tone, troll, twaddle, whiff, whine, whisper, yack, yack away, yap away 参见: jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rant, rave, spout

reveal information;

同义词集: spill talk

If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!

The former employee spilled all the details

上位: tell

exchange thoughts; talk with;

同义词集: talk speak

We often talk business

Actions talk louder than words

上位: communicate, intercommunicate 下位: butterfly, carry on, chat up, cheek, continue, converse, coquet, coquette, dally, discourse, dish the dirt, dissertate, flirt, go on, gossip, hold forth, level, mash, philander, proceed, rap, romance

use language; ;

同义词集: speak talk

the baby talks already

the prisoner won't speak

they speak a strange dialect

上位: communicate, intercommunicate 下位: slang

an exchange of ideas via conversation

同义词集: talk talking

let's have more work and less talk around here

上位: conversation 下位: cackle, cant, chatter, dialog, dialogue, duologue, idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, pious platitude, wind, yack, yak, yakety-yak

discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')

同义词集: talk

his poetry contains much talk about love and anger

上位: discourse, discussion, treatment

idle gossip or rumor

同义词集: talk talk of the town

there has been talk about you lately

上位: comment, gossip, scuttlebutt

a speech that is open to the public

同义词集: lecture public lecture talk

he attended a lecture on telecommunications

上位: address, speech

🌳 词源

来自古英语及更早的日耳曼语词源，最初与“交谈、讲述”有关；名词义由动词义发展而来。

From Middle English talken, talkien, from Old English *tealcian (“to talk, chat”), from Proto-West Germanic *talkōn, from Proto-Germanic *talkōną (“to talk, chatter”), frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *talōną (“to count, recount, tell”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, count”), equivalent to tell + -k. Cognates Cognate with Low German taalken (“to chatter, gossip, talk”). Related also to Bavarian zoin (“to pay”), Cimbrian zaln (“to pay”), Dutch talen (“to care, long; to speak; to say”), German zahlen (“to pay”), Mòcheno zoln (“to pay”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tale (“to talk, speak”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish tala (“to speak, talk”), Norwegian Nynorsk tala (“to speak, talk”); also Latin dolus (“deceit, deception, fraud, guile, treachery, trickery; malice; artifice, device, stratagem”), Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “deceit, trick; wiles; bait”), Armenian տող (toġ, “line (in a text)”). More at tale. Despite the surface similarity, unrelated to Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- (“to talk”) (due to Grimm's law), which is the source of loquacious.

🔄 变式

- imperat talked 1st_sg talkedst archaic talkest archaic talketh archaic talking present talks plural

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