ut·ter·ance /ˈʌtərən(t)s, ˈʌtrən(t)s/
 說話,發表,說話的方式,死


 Ut·ter·ance n.
 1. The act of uttering. Specifically: --
 (a) Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.]
 (b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes.
 (c) Vocal expression; articulation; speech.
    At length gave utterance to these words.   --Milton.
 2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance.
    They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.   --Acts ii. 4.
 O, how unlike
 To that large utterance of the early gods!   --Keats.


 Ut·ter·ance, n.  The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.]
    Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance.   --Holland.

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 utterance
      n : the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication [syn: vocalization]