| 单词 | interlocutor |
| 释义 | interlocutor (once / 6172 pages) n An interlocutor is someone who participates in a discussion or conversation, sometimes as a go-between. If you and your friend are in an argument and aren't speaking, a third friend could act as an interlocutor, delivering messages back and forth. Interlocutor traces back to the Latin word interloqui, meaning “to speak between.” We use interlocutor either for "a conversation partner," or for "a third party in a conversation," like a middleman who speaks on behalf of an organization. It's also an old term for the guy in a minstrel show who questions all the other performers as a way of moving the act forward. "What's that you say? A funky dance? Go on and show us then." WORD FAMILYinterlocutor: interlocutors USAGE EXAMPLESBut as Zhou Enlai told American interlocutors, the communists would surely lean toward Moscow — how far might depend on Washington. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) “At the other pole, some interlocutors suggested that building names ought to change according to a regular schedule, perhaps every fifty years.” Slate(Dec 02, 2016) Yet the most successful interlocutors with super-fans are in fact the very high-tech companies that are most disruptive of old business models. Economist(Nov 30, 2016) 1n a person who takes part in a conversation Syn|Hyper conversational partner conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer someone skilled at conversation 2n the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk Syn|Hyper middleman minstrel a performer in a minstrel show |
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