| 单词 | schmooze |
| 释义 | schmooze (once / 39398 pages) vn When you schmooze at a party, you chat with many different people. Being able to schmooze casually and confidently is a good quality in a hostess or a politician. If you say, "I just want to stop by the reception and schmooze for a little bit," it means you're going to see who's there and make smalltalk with various people. You might want to schmooze for fun, or take the opportunity to hand out your business card. You can call the conversation itself a schmooze too, and the word comes from the Yiddish shmuesn, "to chat" from shmues, "idle talk," with the Hebrew root shemu'oth, "rumors." WORD FAMILYschmooze: schmoozed, schmoozer, schmoozes, schmoozing+/schmoozer: schmoozers USAGE EXAMPLESRon Gallo, June 23 at the 5 Spot: Insurgent thrift-store poet overcomes irritating schmoozing crowd with feedback and barbed words. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) There, in a swirl of rock concerts, pool parties and casino nights, he schmoozed with billionaires. New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) “I hate schmoozing,” he admitted sheepishly, aware that this was a serious liability in a trade built on personal connections. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) 1v talk idly or casually and in a friendly way Syn|Hyper jawbone, schmoose, shmoose, shmooze chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit talk socially without exchanging too much information 2n an informal conversation Syn|Hypo|Hyper chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle light informal conversation for social occasions conversation the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. |
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