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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++a·loud /əˈlaʊd/ ●●● S3 W2 adverb SAY/STATEif you read, laugh, say something etc aloud, you read etc so that people can hear you 出声地 SYN out loudread/say something aloud Joanne, would you read the poem aloud? 乔安妮，你来朗诵这首诗好吗？laugh/groan/cry etc aloud The pain made him cry aloud. 他痛得叫起来。 She could have laughed aloud. 她差一点笑出声来。think aloud (=say the things you are thinking) 自言自语，边想边说出声 ‘What did you say?’ ‘ Sorry, I was just thinking aloud.’ “你说什么？”“对不起，我只是在自言自语。” ► Do not use aloud to mean ‘in a loud voice’. Use loudly: You need to speak quite loudly for the people at the back.表示“大声地”不要用 aloud. 而要用 loudly: You need to speak quite loudly for the people at the back. 你得说得很大声，好让后面的人听见。Examples from the Corpus
aloud• He read the few lines through, then closed his eyes for a moment before reading aloud.• He seems at first laconic and enervated, loathe to put a sentence together aloud.• Some reading requires quiet and calm; some reading cries out to be shared, perhaps to be read aloud.• Justin sat in a chair at the front of the class and read aloud from Bears on Hemlock Mountain.• He cried aloud in pain.• Maryellen reads aloud the sign on the wall.• She changed her mind about reading aloud to Irene, who was looking at her, she felt, skeptically.• The teacher read aloud to the class.• He had to stop himself from shouting aloud with pleasure.think aloud• At one juncture he found himself thinking aloud.• This often took place in the pub and involved thinking aloud.• Through this method you stimulate the person to look at things afresh and to think aloud.• She began to think aloud as she always did when I was with her.• Am I not to think aloud in your presence?• He did not attempt to formulate his ideas in finished form; he thought aloud so one could hear the brain tick.• What we have lived for is the dark when we think aloud to ourselves.a·loud adverbChineseSyllable
read you you if laugh, Corpus say read, etc aloud, something
aloud
a‧loud /əˈlaʊd/
adverbif you read, laugh, say something etc aloud, you read etc so that people can hear you
SYN out loud
read/say something aloud
Joanne, would you read the poem aloud?
laugh/groan/cry etc aloud
The pain made him cry aloud.
She could have laughed aloud.
think aloud (=say the things you are thinking)
‘What did you say?’ ‘ Sorry, I was just thinking aloud.’
► Do not use aloud to mean ‘in a loud voice’. Use loudly: You need to speak quite loudly for the people at the back.
a‧loud /əˈlaʊd/
adverbif you read, laugh, say something etc aloud, you read etc so that people can hear you SYN out loud
read/say something aloud
laugh/groan/cry etc aloud
think aloud (=say the things you are thinking)
► Do not use aloud to mean ‘in a loud voice’. Use loudly: You need to speak quite loudly for the people at the back.
Loudly is the usual adverb from the adjectiveloud .* loudly 为形容词 loud 的常用副词 ：◆ The audience laughed loudly at the joke. 观众听到这笑话大笑起来。 Loud is very common as an adverb in informal language. It is nearly always used in phrases such asloud enough ,as loud as or withtoo ,very ,so , etc.* loud 作非正式用语常为副词，几乎总是用于 loud enough、as loud as 等短语中，或与 too、very、so 等词连用 ：◆ Don't play your music too loud. 你播放音乐声音别太大。 ◆ I shouted as loud as I could. 我声嘶力竭地喊着。 Louder is also used in informal styles to mean 'more loudly'.* louder 亦作非正式用语指以更大的声音 ：◆ Can you speak louder? 你说话大声些行吗？ Out loud is a common adverb meaning 'so that people can hear'.* out loud 为常用副词，意为出声地、大声地 ：◆ Can you read the letter out loud? 你把信念出来行吗？ ◆ He laughed out loud at his own joke. 他对自己的笑话大笑起来。 Aloud has the same meaning but is fairly formal. It can also mean 'in a loud voice'.* aloud 意义相同，但相当正式，亦含大声之义。
