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单词 kaffeeklatsch
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Definition of kaffeeklatsch in English:

kaffeeklatsch

nounˈkafeɪˌklatʃˈkæfeɪˌklætʃ
  • another term for klatch
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's more kaffeeklatsch among the reporters arriving at 8: 30 to claim their seats than circus.
    • But can he connect one-on-one with voters in New Hampshire kaffeeklatsches?
    • I first came across this when there was a group of middle-aged women using the ultra-hip word.com bulletin boards as a kind of online kaffeeklatsch.
    • Town halls are one thing, but you can keep your catch-and-release handshake, your dandled baby, your pale-brew kaffeeklatsch.
    • In Davos, 3,000 CEOs of the world's biggest companies, political leaders, leading academics, assorted opinion-makers, media and hangers-on gathered for the great globalization kaffeeklatsch known as the World Economic Forum.
    • Appearances at coffee shops and kaffeeklatsches have symbolic import, and hardworking office holders are still sometimes seen at town meeting-type events.
    • The first Kaffeeklatsch meeting of the spring 2008 semester is on Tuesday, February 5th.

Origin

German, from Kaffee 'coffee' + Klatsch 'gossip'.

Definition of kaffeeklatsch in US English:

kaffeeklatsch

nounˈkæfeɪˌklætʃˈkafāˌklaCH
  • 1An informal social gathering at which coffee is served.

    咖啡聚会(一种非正式的社交聚会)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Davos, 3,000 CEOs of the world's biggest companies, political leaders, leading academics, assorted opinion-makers, media and hangers-on gathered for the great globalization kaffeeklatsch known as the World Economic Forum.
    • It's more kaffeeklatsch among the reporters arriving at 8: 30 to claim their seats than circus.
    • I first came across this when there was a group of middle-aged women using the ultra-hip word.com bulletin boards as a kind of online kaffeeklatsch.
    • Appearances at coffee shops and kaffeeklatsches have symbolic import, and hardworking office holders are still sometimes seen at town meeting-type events.
    • The first Kaffeeklatsch meeting of the spring 2008 semester is on Tuesday, February 5th.
    • But can he connect one-on-one with voters in New Hampshire kaffeeklatsches?
    • Town halls are one thing, but you can keep your catch-and-release handshake, your dandled baby, your pale-brew kaffeeklatsch.
    1. 1.1 Talking or gossip at an informal gathering where coffee is served.
      咖啡聚会(一种非正式的社交聚会)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I was talking with Allen Ginsberg over kaffeeklatsch some time in the late 80's the first time I heard the mention of Charles Plymell.

Origin

German, from Kaffee ‘coffee’ + Klatsch ‘gossip’.

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