informal <非正式>
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- an informal private conversation or discussion闲谈, 私人谈话。
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- N. Amer. a meeting or conference of members of a particular group〈北美〉（团体成员的）会议。
(confabbed, confabbing)no obj.
- engage in informal private conversation闲谈, 私下谈话：
Peter was confabbing with a curly-haired guy.
彼得正在和一个鬈头发的家伙闲谈。
词源
early 18th cent.: abbreviation of confabulation （see CONFABULATE）.