
英:/'ˈkɒnfæb/ 美:/'ˈkɑːnfæb/
过去式 confabbed 过去分词 confabbed 现在分词 confabbing 第三人称单数 confabs
n. 交谈;会议
vi. 谈话;闲谈
Let's confab a bit about that idea.
咱们来讨论一下那条意见。
We would see them confab in that room.
我们常看到他们在那房间里闲谈。
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。
The organization publishes the survey on the eve of its annual confab in Davos, which kicks off this week.
该组织将在本周开始的达沃斯年度会议前一晚公布调查结果。
The domain confab in Vegas is like any other trade conference: the real intrigue happens at cocktail hour.
在拉斯维加斯,域名交流会就像其他的商贸会议一样:真正的阴谋在喝鸡尾酒时发生。
n.|conversation/session/congress/meeting;交谈;会议
vi.|visit/jerk chin music;谈话;闲谈
confab(名词/动词)指非正式的谈话或闲聊,强调轻松随意的交流氛围。作为名词时表示谈话本身,作动词时表示参与此类谈话。该词源于16世纪拉丁语 confabulari(con- “共同” + fabulari “谈话”),后经法语 confabulation 进入英语,隐含“友好交谈”的意味。
核心用法与语境:
同义词对比:
权威例句参考:
“The managers held a hurried confab to address the client’s last-minute request.”(来源:Merriam-Webster Dictionary 例句库)
“We confabbed for an hour, solving nothing but enjoying the debate.”(来源:Oxford English Dictionary 口语用例库)
延伸参考:
词源演变详见 The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 的词根分析章节,其指出 confab 在18世纪后从 confabulation 缩略而来,逐渐独立成词。
Confab 是一个英语单词,主要用作名词和动词,以下是详细解释:
如需更多例句或用法,可参考权威词典(如新东方在线、海词词典等来源)。
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