palaver

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pəˈlɑː.və(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A village council meeting. Africa,countable,uncountable
    — Here we remained four days, on account of a palaver which was held on the following occasion.
  2. Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. Canada,US,archaic,countable,uncountable
    — Frances pulled his hair heartily, and then went and seated herself on her husband’s knee, and there they were, like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour—foolish palaver that we should be ashamed of.
  3. Mentally draining activity, either physical or fuss. UK,countable,uncountable
    — What a palaver!
  4. A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot. countable,uncountable
    — this country and epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers
  5. Disagreement. countable,informal,uncountable
    — I have no palaver with him.
  6. Talk intended to deceive. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To discuss with much talk. intransitive
    — “Come, come, Captain Bildad; stop palavering,—away!” and with that, Peleg hurried him over the side, and both dropt into the boat.
  2. To flatter. transitive
    — Dodd never spoke to his officers like a ruffian, nor yet palavered them.

词形变化

palavers plural palavers present,singular,third-person palavering participle,present palavered participle,past palavered past

词汇关系

衍生词
palaverer palaver hut palaverist palaverment palaverous palaver sauce

词源

词源 1
Originally nautical slang, from Portuguese palavra (“word”), from Late Latin parabola (“parable, speech”). The term's use (especially in Africa) mimics the evolution of the word moot. As such, for sense development, see moot. Doublet of parable, parole, and parabola.
词源 2
Originally nautical slang, from Portuguese palavra (“word”), from Late Latin parabola (“parable, speech”). The term's use (especially in Africa) mimics the evolution of the word moot. As such, for sense development, see moot. Doublet of parable, parole, and parabola.
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