conversation
/ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən/noun
- a talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged（尤指非正式的）谈话：
she picked up the phone and held a conversation in French
她接起电话用法语交谈
mass noun the two men were deep in conversation.那两个人谈得投机。
短语
make conversation
- talk for the sake of politeness without having anything to say寒暄; 说应酬话。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'living among, familiarity, intimacy'）： via Old French from Latin conversatio（n-）, from the verb conversari （see CONVERSE1 ）.