confab

n. confabulation 会议 v. 会谈

发音

UK /ˈkɒnfæb/
其它
US /kənˈfæb/
US /kɑn-/
AU /kɔnˈfæb/

词形变化

confabs 复数 confabs confabbed confabbing confabs 三单 confabbing 现在分词 confabbed 过去式 confabbed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Clipping of confabulation (“a casual chat or talk”).

    可数 非正式 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    Clipping of confabulate (“to speak casually with somebody; to chat”).

    非正式 不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

chat schmooze confabulation schmoose

上位词 1

conversation

下位词 8

gossip gab chitchat causerie chinwag gabfest small talk tittle-tattle
动词

同义词 10

visit chatter chat gossip jaw consult chitchat confer shoot the breeze confabulate

上位词 5

discuss converse discourse talk over hash out

下位词 6

jawbone schmooze collogue schmoose shmoose shmooze

词源

Clipping of confabulation, from Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”), from Latin confābulātiōnem, from cōnfābulārī + -tiōnem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results); see further at etymology 2.

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