n. one of the radiating bars of a wheel （車輪的）輻條。
△Ham.3.3.19:“To whose huge spokes tenthousand lesser things / Are mortised and adjoined，”在它那極大的輪輻上，千孔百眼裝上了千萬種小物件。
spoke
vb. pa.p.
1. spoken說，說出。
△Tw.1.5.119(112):“Thou hastspoke for us,madonna,as if thy eldest son should bea fool；”小姐，你幫我們這一行說了話，好像你的大兒子將來也要做小丑一般。
△Rom.1.4.1: “What,shall this speechbe spoke for our excuse? / Or shall we on without a-pology?”(When uninvited maskers wished to attend aparty,it was customary for them to send ahead a mes-senger,sometimes dressed as Cupid,to make a formalspeech announcing their arrival and explaining theirintrusion.) i. e. shall we deliver this speech excusing our uninvited appearance,or shall we enter without a-pology?怎么，我們就拿這一番話作為借口，還是根本不道歉昂然直入呢？
△ Rom.2.2.88: “fain deny / What I havespoke，”愿意把我方才說過的話全都否認(rèn)。
△Ham.1.1.45:“It would be spoke to.”它要人對它說話。
△1H.IV.3.1.11:“And you in hell,as oft as he hears / Owen Glen-dower spoke of.”希望你下地獄，當(dāng)他每次聽見有人說起歐文·格蘭道爾的時候。
△2H.VI.3.1.183: “Far truerspoke than meant.”你說出的話比你心里想的要真實(shí)得多。spoke of: spoken of被說起。
△ Shr.2.1.193(192):“Thy virtues spoke of”. 你的美德被人說起。
△1H.IV.4.1.84:“There is not such a word / Spoke of in Scot-land as this term of fear.”恐懼這個名詞，在蘇格蘭從來沒有人說起過。
spoke withal: spoken with聽（人）談話。
△R.III.3.7.56 (57): “I think the Duke will not be spoke withal.”我想公爵不愿接見人。
2. recited背誦。
△Rom.1.4.7:“faintly spoke / Afterthe prompter，”i.e. feebly recited after the prompter.跟著提詞人有氣無力地背誦。
3. requested,bespoken被請求，被約定。
△Mer. 2. 4. 5:“We have not spoke us (= for ourselves) yet of torch-bearers.”我們還沒有約好拿火把的人。
spoke to: asked,requested,engaged被要求，被請求，被約定。
△H.VIII.1.3.66:“For I was spoke to,with SirHenry Guildford / This night to be comptrollers.” 因為我和亨利·吉爾福德爵士已經(jīng)被邀請做今天晚上的典禮官。