confab
英 [ˈkɒn.fæb]
美 [ˈkɑːn.fæb]
confab 闲谈con-, 强调。-fab, 说,交谈,词源同fame, fate, confess,phone.
- confab (n.)
- 1701, colloquial shortening of confabulation.
- 1. the annual movie confab in Cannes
- 在戛纳举行的电影年会
- 2. It's a secret confab they don't want me to hear, I suppose.
- 我看一定是不想让我听见的保密话.
- 3. Let's confab a bit about that idea.
- 咱们来讨论一下那条意见.
- 4. We would see them confab in that room.
- 我们常看到他们在那房间里闲谈.
- 5. The New Yorker catches Summers nodding off again in a confab with officials in Detroit.
- 《纽约客》还拍到萨默斯在底特律跟官员开会时又打起了盹.