confabulation

英 [kənˌfæbjə'leɪʃn] 美 [kənˌfæbjə'leɪʃn]

• n. 交谈；闲谈
• n. [精神病学]虚构症

英英释义

Noun:

1. an informal conversation

2. (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered

经典引文

• Delicious confabulations with her sisters on the endless subject of clothes.

  出自： M. Keane

• After some whispered confabulation, they decided to have pity on me.

  出自： P. L. Fermor

近反义词

【近义词】

• discussion 讨论
• colloquy 谈话
• schmooze 闲谈
• confab 会议
• chat 闲谈
• schmoose schmooze的异体字...