English Dictionary

articulate

/ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.lət/

adj

Clear; effective. / Speaking in a clear and effective manner. / Consisting of segments united by joints. / Distinctly marked off. / (obsolete) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

She is an articulate speaker.

意味（1）

Clear; effective.

意味（2）

Speaking in a clear and effective manner.

She’s a bright, articulate young woman.

意味（3）

Consisting of segments united by joints.

The robot arm was articulate in two directions.

意味（4）

Distinctly marked off.

an articulate period in history

意味（5）

(obsolete) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

articulate sounds

意味（6）

(obsolete, of sound) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.

Brutes cannot form articulate Sounds, cannot articulate the Sounds of the Voice, excepting some few Birds, as the Parrot, Pye, &c.