- [countable, uncountable] (formal)
a long and serious treatment or discussion of a subject in speech or writing 论文；演讲 - [uncountable] (
linguistics 语言学 the use of language in speech and writing in order to produce meaning; language that is studied, usually in order to see how the different parts of a text are connected 语篇；话语 spoken/written discourse 口头／书面语篇 discourse analysis 语篇分析
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the process of reasoning): from Old French discours, from Latin discursus ‘running to and fro’ (in medieval Latin: ‘argument’), from the verb discurrere, from dis- ‘away’ + currere ‘to run’; the verb influenced by French discourir.