confabulation

C2

n. 交谈, 闲谈 [医] 虚谈症, 虚构症

发音

US /kənˌfæbjʊˈleɪʃən/
其它
UK /kənˌfæbjʊˈleɪʃən/

词形变化

confabulations 复数 confabulations

别名

confab

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    A casual conversation; a chat.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A fabricated memory believed to be true, especially in someone with dementia or with encephalopathy from advanced alcoholism.

    虚构症

    可数 不可数 心理学
  3. 3.

    An assertion, statement, or text generated by a generative AI that is presented by that AI as if it were true but is in fact a made-up, false notion.

    可数 非正式 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

chat schmooze confab schmoose

上位词 2

memory conversation

下位词 8

gossip gab chitchat causerie chinwag gabfest small talk tittle-tattle

词源

From Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”), from Latin confābulātiōnem, from cōnfābulārī + -tiōnem.

来源：wiktionary