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词汇 spiel
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Definition of spiel in English:

spiel

noun ʃpiːlspiːl
informal
  • An elaborate or glib speech or story, typically one used by a salesperson.

    he delivers a breathless and effortless spiel in promotion of his new novel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For the course of the game he pretty much serves no purpose greater than giving you a basic spiel on your next mission.
    • After a bit she told me that the previous time we had met I had launched into an identical spiel.
    • With the building full to standing room only as he delivers his spiel, there is a definite air of sanctity and reverence.
    • Direct questions on financial issues are answered with opaque spiels on their version of moral principle.
    • The brother met us and gave us the spiel about the dangers of the city.
    • She was always glad to show potential clients how to apply cream and powders, and did free-of-charge makeovers for anyone with the patience to hear her spiel.
    • A candidate in my electoral area, accompanied by his daughter, knocked on my door and gave me the spiel.
    • As I stopped to check it out I was swooped upon by the salesman and was given the big spiel.
    • My spiel is, if you're fair-skinned, watch for discolorations.
    • I bought his spiel, and the pager served me well for many years.
    • In my volunteering for political campaigns, federal and provincial, I've become fairly ruthless in my spiel.
    • Patricia and Pierre offer to help him practice his spiel.
    • That is provided no-one had the audacity to doubt the spiel by asking questions, to which the lad had no answers.
    • But others who heard the spiel weren't as convinced.
    • This spiel proved the final straw for the judge, who lashed out at the mother like an avenging angel.
    • She wasn't finished yet as she continued her spiel without taking a breath.
    • And then within minutes, I was actually doing my advocacy spiel on a street corner.
    • The team got in to a straight line, recognizing the beginning of her spiel.
    • He got the hard sell from the men, who gave a spiel about the warehouse accidentally giving them twice the number of speakers ordered.
    • That didn't surprise me, because he definitely hadn't had time to breathe while delivering his spiel.
    Synonyms
    speech, line, patter, pitch, sales pitch
    monologue, rigmarole, story, saga
verb ʃpiːlspiːl
[with object]informal
  • 1Reel off; recite.

    一口气说出;熟背般地讲

    he solemnly spieled all he knew

    他严肃地一口气说出了他所知道的一切。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Standing in front of a projected screen that displayed the words ‘In front of them all,’ he spieled out his military lingo with a Mid-Western accent, cycling through pictures and maps of wartime Korea.
    • He half listened as the local news reporters spieled off the latest information and traffic for the morning.
    • Early in the project, when asked by journalists, I simply spieled off theories of excarnation and an inverted underworld.
    Synonyms
    reel off, recite, list rapidly, fire off, run through, enumerate
    1. 1.1no object Speak glibly or at length.
      伶牙俐齿地讲;没完没了地说
      the barman spiels on the phone to his girlfriends
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The great irony is, of course, with all this information - so much of it flotsam and jetsam - here am I, spieling.
      Synonyms
      give a speech, give a talk, talk, lecture, give a lecture, deliver an address, give a sermon, hold forth, discourse, expound, expatiate, orate, harangue, sermonize, pontificate

Origin

Late 19th century: from German Spiel 'a game'.

Rhymes

allele, anele, anneal, appeal, Bastille, Beale, Castile, chenille, cochineal, cockatiel, conceal, congeal, creel, deal, eel, Emile, feel, freewheel, genteel, Guayaquil, heal, heel, he'll, keel, Kiel, kneel, leal, Lille, Lucille, manchineel, meal, misdeal, Neil, O'Neill, ordeal, peal, peel, reel, schlemiel, seal, seel, she'll, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, teal, underseal, veal, weal, we'll, wheel, zeal

Definition of spiel in US English:

spiel

noun
informal
  • A long or fast speech or story, typically one intended as a means of persuasion or as an excuse but regarded with skepticism or contempt by those who hear it.

    滔滔不绝的讲话(尤指令人怀疑或不齿的劝诱或辩解)

    he delivers a breathless and effortless spiel in promotion of his new novel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But others who heard the spiel weren't as convinced.
    • And then within minutes, I was actually doing my advocacy spiel on a street corner.
    • That didn't surprise me, because he definitely hadn't had time to breathe while delivering his spiel.
    • For the course of the game he pretty much serves no purpose greater than giving you a basic spiel on your next mission.
    • This spiel proved the final straw for the judge, who lashed out at the mother like an avenging angel.
    • That is provided no-one had the audacity to doubt the spiel by asking questions, to which the lad had no answers.
    • She was always glad to show potential clients how to apply cream and powders, and did free-of-charge makeovers for anyone with the patience to hear her spiel.
    • Patricia and Pierre offer to help him practice his spiel.
    • He got the hard sell from the men, who gave a spiel about the warehouse accidentally giving them twice the number of speakers ordered.
    • Direct questions on financial issues are answered with opaque spiels on their version of moral principle.
    • The brother met us and gave us the spiel about the dangers of the city.
    • A candidate in my electoral area, accompanied by his daughter, knocked on my door and gave me the spiel.
    • She wasn't finished yet as she continued her spiel without taking a breath.
    • In my volunteering for political campaigns, federal and provincial, I've become fairly ruthless in my spiel.
    • With the building full to standing room only as he delivers his spiel, there is a definite air of sanctity and reverence.
    • My spiel is, if you're fair-skinned, watch for discolorations.
    • As I stopped to check it out I was swooped upon by the salesman and was given the big spiel.
    • The team got in to a straight line, recognizing the beginning of her spiel.
    • I bought his spiel, and the pager served me well for many years.
    • After a bit she told me that the previous time we had met I had launched into an identical spiel.
    Synonyms
    speech, line, patter, pitch, sales pitch
verb
[with object]informal
  • 1Reel off; recite.

    一口气说出;熟背般地讲

    he solemnly spieled all he knew

    他严肃地一口气说出了他所知道的一切。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He half listened as the local news reporters spieled off the latest information and traffic for the morning.
    • Early in the project, when asked by journalists, I simply spieled off theories of excarnation and an inverted underworld.
    • Standing in front of a projected screen that displayed the words ‘In front of them all,’ he spieled out his military lingo with a Mid-Western accent, cycling through pictures and maps of wartime Korea.
    Synonyms
    reel off, recite, list rapidly, fire off, run through, enumerate
    1. 1.1no object Speak glibly or at length.
      伶牙俐齿地讲;没完没了地说
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The great irony is, of course, with all this information - so much of it flotsam and jetsam - here am I, spieling.
      Synonyms
      give a speech, give a talk, talk, lecture, give a lecture, deliver an address, give a sermon, hold forth, discourse, expound, expatiate, orate, harangue, sermonize, pontificate

Origin

Late 19th century: from German Spiel ‘a game’.

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