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confabulate

/kuhn-fab-yuh-leyt/US // kənˈfæb yəˌleɪt //UK // (kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt) //

混淆视听,混杂在一起

Related Words

confab会议厅,会议中心,会议,大会chitchat闲聊,调侃,闲谈,调侃一下palaver游手好闲,游说,闲杂人等,游说者chat聊天,聊,闲聊,谈话chatter唠叨,喋喋不休,唠叨声,聊天discuss讨论,探讨,讨论一下,商讨talk说话,谈话,谈,谈论speak说,讲,讲话,说话chaffer糠秕,糠醛,糠秕状,糠秕状物

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·fab·u·lat·ed, con·fab·u·lat·ing.

    • : to converse informally; chat.
    • : Psychiatry. to replace a gap in one's memory by a falsification that one believes to be true; engage in confabulation.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbconverse
Synonyms
chaffer糠秕,糠醛,糠秕状,糠秕状物chat聊天,聊,闲聊,谈话chatter唠叨,喋喋不休,唠叨声,聊天chitchat闲聊,调侃,闲谈,调侃一下confab会议厅,会议中心,会议,大会discuss讨论,探讨,讨论一下,商讨palaver游手好闲,游说,闲杂人等,游说者speak说,讲,讲话,说话talk说话,谈话,谈,谈论

Examples

  • She does not break the thread of a conversation by irrelevant questions or confabulate in an undertone with the servants.

  • Birds of a feather not only flock together, but, as every ornithologist knows full well, can confabulate.

  • Eden is not yet returned from Woodstock; I will confabulate with him.

  • In this manner, said my master, did the parson and I confabulate; and I set him down at his lodgings in the village.

  • An' whut dem six ghostes do but stand round an' confabulate?

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