| 释义 |
tête-à-tête
I. \|tād.ə|tāt, |tātə- (+V usu -ə|tād.), ÷-ə|tā sometimes |tēd.ə|tēt, |tētə- (+V usu -ə|tēd.)\ noun
(plural tête-à-têtes \-āts, -āz, -ēts\ ; also têtes-à-têtes \“\)
Etymology: French, literally, head to head
1. : a private conversation or familiar interview between two persons without the presence of a third person
2. : a short sofa or other piece of furniture intended to seat two persons especially so that they face each other : conversation chair 2
II. adverb
Etymology: French
: face-to-face, privately, familiarly
III. adjective
: being face-to-face
< find yourself tête-à-tête with one member of the assembly — Agnes M. Miall >
: private
< a tête-à-tête home dinner — New Yorker > |