schmooze
verb/ʃmuːz/
/ʃmuːz/
[intransitive, transitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they schmooze | /ʃmuːz/ /ʃmuːz/ |
| he / she / it schmoozes | /ˈʃmuːzɪz/ /ˈʃmuːzɪz/ |
| past simple schmoozed | /ʃmuːzd/ /ʃmuːzd/ |
| past participle schmoozed | /ʃmuːzd/ /ʃmuːzd/ |
| -ing form schmoozing | /ˈʃmuːzɪŋ/ /ˈʃmuːzɪŋ/ |
- to talk in an informal and friendly way with somebody, especially in order to gain an advantage by persuading people to like you and do what you want
（尤指为利用某人而）闲谈，闲聊 - schmooze with somebody He's been schmoozing with customers at one of his restaurants.
他一直在他的一家餐馆里与顾客闲聊。 - schmooze somebody politicians kissing babies and schmoozing the press
政客亲吻婴儿并与媒体闲聊
Word Originlate 19th cent. (as a verb): from Yiddish shmuesn ‘converse, chat’. - schmooze with somebody He's been schmoozing with customers at one of his restaurants.