spoke: [OE] Like its relatives German speiche and Dutch speek, spoke goes back to prehistoric Germanic *spaikōn. This was derived from the base *spaik-, *speik-, which also produced English spike. => spike
spoke (n.)
"radius of a wheel," Old English spaca "spoke of a wheel, radius," related to spicing "large nail," from Proto-Germanic *spaikon (cognates: Old Saxon speca, Old Frisian spake, Dutch spaak, Old High German speicha, German speiche "spoke"), of uncertain origin, probably from PIE *spei- "sharp point" (see spike (n.1)).
例文
1. The President spoke of the treacherous intentions of the enemy.
大統領は敵の狡猾な下心に言及した。
2.Secret Service officer Robin Thompson spoke on behalf of his colleagues.
特攻署幹部のロビン?トンプソン氏が同僚を代表して発言した。
3.She looked him full in the face asshe spoke .
彼女は話をしている間、彼の顔をじっと見つめていた。
4.On their way back to Marseille they spoke very little.
マルセイユに戻る途中、彼らはあまり話をしなかった。/
5.He spoke no English and was completely silent during the visit.