shoot the breeze

短语
大学

吹牛, 闲谈

发音

AU

词形变化

shooting the breeze shoots the breeze 三单 shoots the breeze shot the breeze shooting the breeze 现在分词 shot the breeze 过去式 shot the breeze 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To chat idly or generally waste time talking.

    美国 习语

    We were just standing around shooting the breeze.

词汇关系

动词

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上位词 2

converse discourse

下位词 5

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词源

A slang phrase, alluding to talking into the wind, it was first recorded in 1919. In the variant, first recorded in 1908, bull is used instead of breeze, and means "empty talk" or "lies."

来源：wiktionary