| 单词 | table-talker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈtable-talker ˈtable-talker n. a person who talks or converses at the table; an eloquent and engaging conversationalist. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] > for pay or professionally breath-seller1601 table-talker1822 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 157/2 To use the language of the reverend author of that excellent work, ‘The Miseries of Human Life’, our table-talker [sc. Hazlitt] ‘is rather an ulcer than a man’. 1880 Q. Rev. Jan. 101 He was the best of table-talkers. 1904 M. D. Conway Autobiogr., Mem. & Experiences (2005) II. xxix. 28 There never was a more delightful table-talker. 2006 North Bay (Ont.) Nugget (Nexis) 20 July b2 If you want to be a table-talker, you'll need to learn to lie with the same tone, mannerisms and speed as you would if you were comfortably telling the truth. < as lemmas |
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