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单词 conversation piece
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•verˈsa•tion ˌpiece, n. [countable]
  1. any object that arouses comment because of some striking quality.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
conversation piece′, 
    1. any object that arouses comment because of some striking or unusual quality.
    2. Fine Artgroup portraiture representing more or less fashionable people either in an interior or landscape setting.
    3. Theater, Literaturea play that relies for its effect mainly on the cleverness of its dialogue rather than on plot or action.
    • 1775–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
conversation piece n
  1. something, esp an unusual object, that provokes conversation
  2. (esp in 18th-century Britain) a group portrait in a landscape or domestic setting
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