confabulate
confabulate
[kənˈfabjʊleɪt]
verb
[no obj.]
confabulation
noun
confabulatory
adjective
语源
[kənˈfabjʊleɪt]
verb
[no obj.]
- (formal)engage in conversation; talk
(正式)谈话；交谈
she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone.
从电话里能听到她正和别人说话。 - (Psychiatry)fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory
(精神病学)虚构（指虚构不存在的经历以补偿记忆丧失）
confabulation
noun
confabulatory
adjective
语源
- early 17th cent.: from Latin confabulat- 'chatted together', from the verb confabulari, from con- 'together' + fabulari (from fabula 'fable')
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