- [uncountable]
the skill of making powerful and effective speeches in public 讲演术；雄辩术 The crowd was held spellbound by her oratory. 人群被她的演讲迷住了。
- [countable]
a room or small building that is used for private prayer or worship （私人）祈祷室，小礼拜堂
Word Originsense 2 Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French oratorie, from ecclesiastical Latin oratorium, based on Latin orare ‘pray, speak’.sense 1 early 16th cent.: from Latin oratoria, feminine (used as a noun) of oratorius ‘relating to an orator’.