| 单词 | talking-shop |
| 释义 | > as lemmastalking-shop talking-shop n. a centre for idle and unconstructive talk; (derogatory) applied to a parliament, spec. the House of Commons. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > assemblage or centre for chat or gossip gossiping1630 talking-shop1912 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [noun] thingOE senatoryc1374 senate1560 camera1658 Thing1774 talking-shop1912 1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xliv. 385 Village! Talking-shop, I should say. 1922 A. M. Hyamson Dict. Eng. Phr. 337/1 Talking mill (shop), the, (contemptuously) the House of Commons. 1942 R. G. Collingwood New Leviathan 213 Contemptuous language about the ‘talking-shop at Westminster’. 1944 F. A. Hayek Road to Serfdom v. 46 Parliaments came to be regarded as ineffective ‘talking shops’. 1963 V. Gielgud Goggle-box Affair v. 49 I was an M.P. then... God knows why, damned talking-shop! 1979 R. Blythe View in Winter i. 72 The forge is the classic talking-shop of the village. < as lemmas |
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