confabulate
英 [kənˈfæb.jə.leɪt]
美 [kənˈfæb.jə.leɪt]
- vi. 交谈，闲谈；虚构
英语词源
- confabulate (v.)
- 1610s, from confabulatus, past participle of Latin confabulari "to converse together," from com- "together" (see com-) + fabulari "to talk, chat," from fabula "a tale" (see fable). Psychiatric sense is from 1924.
权威例句
- 1. I'd like to confabulate with my friends at weekends.
- 我喜欢和我的朋友在周末时闲谈.
- 2. I know, teacher with her confabulate.
- 我知道, 老师又与她谈心了.