spruik \sprook\, verb:
To make or give a speech, especially extensively; spiel.
He started to spruik again, but I managed to get in first.
-- C.E. Murphy, Raven Calls
Cain and Leek spruik their foul and immoral stories by the fire at night and the rest of the men grow excited and the mood of the camp becomes restless.
-- Tim Winton, Shallows
Don't go into your spruik for me. I don't care what words you call it.
-- A. E. Martin, The Outsiders
Spruik is Australian slang that arose in the early 1900s. It is of unknown origin.
作出或發表演講，尤其是廣泛;高談闊論。
他開始再次spruik，，但我設法得到第一。
- C.E.墨菲，烏鴉的叫聲
該隱和韭菜spruik他們的犯規和不道德的火災和晚上，其餘的人的故事，成長興奮和陣營的心情變得煩躁不安。
蒂姆 - 通泰，淺灘
我走不進你的spruik。我不在乎什麼話你怎麼稱呼它。
- A·馬丁，局外人
spruik是在20世紀初出現的澳洲俚語。它是來歷不明。
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