harangue: [15] The original notion underlying harangue may have been of a large group of people crowded round, with the idea of ‘addressing’ them only developing later. The word comes via Old French harangue from medieval Latin harenga, and it has been speculated that this was perhaps acquired from a prehistoric Germanic *kharikhring- ‘assembly’, a compound of *kharjaz ‘crowd’ (source of English harbinger, harbour, harry, and herald and related to harness) and *khringaz ‘ring’. => harbinger, harbour, harness, harry, herald
harangue (n.)
mid-15c., arang, Scottish (in English from c. 1600), from Middle French harangue "a public address" (14c.), from Old Italian aringo "public square, platform; pulpit; arena," from a Germanic source such as Old High German hring "circle" (see ring (n.1)) on the notion of "circular gathering," with an -a- inserted to ease Romanic pronunciation of Germanic hr- (compare hamper (n.1)). But Watkins and Barnhart suggest a Germanic compound, *harihring "circular gathering, assembly," literally "host-ring, army-ring," with first element *hari- "war-band, host" (see harry (v.)). From the same Germanic "ring" root via Romanic come rank (n.), range (v.), arrange.
harangue (v.)
1650s, from French haranguer (15c.), from Middle French harangue (see harangue (n.)). Related: Harangued; haranguing.
中文解释
“har”简写自“hear-听”，“rang”演变自“ring-一圈”，ue-后缀——听众站成一圈——高谈阔论。2. 长篇指责性演说，象“海浪”一样，滔滔不绝。3. 谐音“好long”-----讲了好长时间的话。4. har- "crowd, army" + ring => harang- + -ue => harangue (literally, "a large group of people crowded round").5. ring => *hring => *haring- => *harang- + -ue => harangue.6. with the idea of 'addressing' them only developing later.7. harbour, harbinger, harness <====> harangue.
实用例句
1. Unfortunately, no questions from the audience broke the continuity of his harangue.
令人遗憾的是, 没有听众提出问题来打断他的高谈阔论.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Fourth Master Liu's harangue rankled in each heart.
刘四爷的话使人人心中窝住一点气愤不平.
来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
3. On and on the harangue went , an endless sport.
无休止的慷慨激昂, 无休止的戏谑挖苦.
来自辞典例句
4. The minister of propaganda delivered his usual harangue.
宣传部长一如既往发表了他的长篇大论.
来自辞典例句
5. We had to listen to a long harangue about our own shortcomings.