参考词典中confabulate的常规释义:
基本释义
- vi. 交谈,闲谈,谈心
词形变化
- 时 态:con·fab·u·lat·ed, con·fab·u·lat·ing, con·fab·u·lates名 词:con·fab'u·la'tor形容词:con·fab'u·la·to'ry
英英解释
3个动词解释
- unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
[同] confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit, chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chitchat, claver
[例]- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
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- have a conference in order to talk something over
[同] confab, confabulate, confer, consult
[例]- We conferred about a plan of action
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