schmooze
英 [?mu?z]
美[?muz]
- n. 閑談，聊天；扯皮，搬弄是非
- vi. 閑談；拍馬屁，扯關(guān)系
詞態(tài)變化
名詞:?schmoozer;
中文詞源
schmooze 閑聊
來(lái)自依地語(yǔ) shmues,閑聊，來(lái)自希伯來(lái)語(yǔ) shemu'oth,謠言，傳聞，來(lái)自 shamua,聽(tīng)到的，聽(tīng)聞 的，來(lái)自 shama',去聽(tīng)，聽(tīng)見(jiàn)，詞源同人名 Simon,西蒙，字面意思為傾聽(tīng)。
英文詞源
- schmooze
- schmooze: [19] To ‘schmooze’ is to chat or gossip. The word came into colloquial American English towards the end of the 19th century from Yiddish shmuesn ‘to talk, chat’, which in turn was based on Hebrew shemū’ah ‘rumour’.
- schmooze (v.)
- also shmooze, "to chat intimately," 1897, from Yiddish shmuesn "to chat," from shmues "idle talk, chat," from Hebrew shemu'oth "news, rumors." As a noun from 1939. Related: Schmoozed; schmoozing. Schmoozer is from 1909.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. But how well you network often depends on how well you schmooze.
- 但是一般來(lái)說(shuō),你的關(guān)系網(wǎng)完美與否是由你是否會(huì)交際決定的.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 2. I love to schmooze on the phone with my friends.
- 我很喜歡跟朋友在電話上閑談.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
