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confabulate vi. 交谈,闲谈,谈心 交谈,闲谈,谈心 confabulate v 1: unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory 2: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [synonym: {chew the fat}, {shoot the breeze}, {chat}, {confabulate}, {confab}, {chitchat}, {chit-chat}, {chatter}, {chaffer}, {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw}, {claver}, {visit}] 3: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" [synonym: {confer}, {confabulate}, {confab}, {consult}] Confabulate \Con*fab"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Confabulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confabulating}.] [L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together; con- fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See {Fable}.] To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. [1913 Webster] I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
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