lecture

address, speech, lecture, oration, report, talk

class, lesson, lecture, course

名词 lecture:

1. a speech that is open to the public
   同义词：public lecture, talk
2. a lengthy rebuke
   同义词：speech, talking to
3. teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
   同义词：lecturing

动词 lecture:

1. deliver a lecture or talk
   同义词：talk
2. censure severely or angrily
   同义词：call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast

1. She ran over her notes before giving the lecture.
   她讲课前把讲稿匆匆看了一遍。
2. It was a shame for me to be lectured in front of the whole class.
   当着整个班级的面被训斥了一顿，真让我感到羞辱。
3. They could not follow the lecture.
   他们听不懂这次演讲。
4. He lectured to his students on modern writers.
   他给学生们讲了关于现代作家的一课。

lec.ture

n.Abbr. lect.（名词）缩写 lect.
An exposition of a given subject delivered before an audience or a class, as for the purpose of instruction.
演讲：就某特定主题讲解给听众或班级听，如为了教育的目的
An earnest admonition or reproof; a reprimand.
严肃的劝诫或责怪；斥责
v.（动词）
lec.tured,lec.tur.ing,lec.tures
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To deliver a lecture or series of lectures.
作演讲或系列演讲
v.tr.（及物动词）
To deliver a lecture to (a class or an audience).
给（班级或听众）作讲演
To admonish or reprove earnestly, often at length:
严肃地劝导或责备，通常长篇大论地：
例句：
always lecturing me about my manners.
总是训斥我的礼貌

来源：
Middle English [a reading]
中古英语 [读物]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Medieval Latin lôctôra
源自 中世纪拉丁语 lôctôra
from Latin lôctus [past participle of] legere [to read] * see leg-
源自 拉丁语 lôctus [] legere的过去分词 [读] *参见 leg-