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orator

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++or·a·tor /ˈɒrətə $ ˈɔːrətər, ˈɑː-/ noun [countable] formal  TALK/MAKE A SPEECHsomeone who is good at making speeches and persuading people 演讲者,演说家
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oratorYet what alternative was there for a female orator?Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a fiery orator and champion of the poor won the election in a landslide.Keyes is a fiery orator who built his campaign around his anti-abortion stand.Ogilvy had a reputation as a great orator.He knows he is no orator, and he is up against a president who could charm a loan from a thief.While Tom got ready I walked around the area to check on what the other orators at Speakers' Corner were saying.Aristotle once recommended to the would-be polemical orator that paradox could be effective.On the other hand Osman was a practised orator and knew what he was doing.He was the soapbox orator who could quote Virgil or Shakespeare to give dignity to a bitter grudge.
or·a·tor nounChineseSyllable
Corpus good is someone making who at and speeches


orator
orator /ˈɒrətə $ ˈɔːrətər, ˈɑː-/ noun [countable] formal
someone who is good at making speeches and persuading people


ora·torBrE /ˈɒrətə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɔːrətər/ 🔊, /ˈɑːrətər/ 🔊 noun (formal) a person who makes formal speeches in public or is good at public speaking 讲演者;雄辩家;善于演说的人a fine political orator优秀的政治演说家