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单词 causerie
释义

causerie

/ˈkəʊzəri / /kozʀi/
noun (plural causeries pronounced same)
An informal article or talk, typically on a literary subject.More recently, we have the eccentric cameos of Richard Cobb and causeries of A.J.P. Taylor, of which he said they were evidence that he had run out of historical subjects....
  • Where critics of the older school would bring forth laborious lay sermons, he would trot out a diverting confection of a causerie.
  • In causerie we are slipshod with our terminology; in fact, variations in terms and equivocations often lend considerable charm to the conversation.

Origin

French, from causer 'to talk'.

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