con‧ver‧sa‧tion S1 W2 / kɒnvəseɪʃ ə n $ kɑnvər- / 名词

[可数和不可数名词] an informal talk in which people exchange news, feelings, and thoughts :

a telephone conversation

Children quickly get bored by adult conversation.

conversation with

a short conversation with the teacher

conversation about

a conversation about family and friends

They had a short conversation in German and seemed to be disagreeing about something.

It’s impossible to carry on a conversation with all this noise in the background.

‘Did you have a good journey?’ he said, trying to make conversation .

He was silent, no matter how hard Sofia tried to engage him in conversation .

After a while, the conversation turned to a friend’s coming wedding.

They were deep in conversation , relaxed and smiling.

He could hear snatches of conversation from across the room.

THESAURUS

conversation 名词 [可数和不可数名词] an informal talk in which people exchange news, feelings, and thoughts : I was having a conversation with a friend the other day. | Conversation wasn’t easy because of all the noise. | He overheard our conversation about the children.

discussion 名词 [可数和不可数名词] a conversation about something important : There was a lot of discussion about where the money was going to come from. | The two companies have been having discussions about a possible takeover.

talk 名词 [可数名词] a long conversation, especially about a problem or about what you plan to do : We had a long talk about our relationship.

chat 名词 [可数名词] especially British English an informal friendly conversation : I’ve just had a chat with Vinnie.

natter 名词 [单数形式] British English informal a conversation with a friend about unimportant things : Mary and Jean were having a cup of tea and a natter.

gossip 名词 [单数形式，不可数] conversations in which people talk about things they have heard, especially about other people’s private lives, which may well not be true : She always enjoyed going to friends’ houses and having a gossip. | It’s all just gossip.

small talk 名词 [不可数名词] polite friendly conversation about unimportant subjects, especially when you do not know someone very well and feel a little nervous : We stood around making small talk about the weather.

banter 名词 [不可数名词] friendly conversation in which people joke with each other and gently make fun of each other : She enjoyed the friendly banter with her colleagues at the office.