gabfest

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈɡæbˌfɛst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length. US,slang
    — But he could as well have been talking about the confabulations of the food summit in Rome earlier this year or the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg next month. I have no doubt critics are dusting off the cliches for that one, preparing to denounce one more gabfest.

词形变化

gabfests plural

词源

Etymology tree
English gab
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder.
Proto-Italic *θēstos
Proto-Italic *fēstosder.
Latin fēstus
Latin festumder.
Middle High German fëst
German Festbor.
English fest
English -fest
English gabfest
From gab + -fest.
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