词汇 | conversation piece |
释义 | conversation pieceˌconverˈsation ˌpiece noun [countableC] THINGsomething that provides a subject for conversation – often used humorously about objects that seem very strange or ugly 可作话题的东西,谈话题材〔多指怪诞或丑陋之物,常为幽默用法〕 Examples from the Corpus conversation piece• That would be a conversation piece.• Most important of all it will become a conversation piece.• The suspense mounted and conjecturing on who the new chief would be became the community conversation piece.• Talk about your party conversation piece!• Being adept at the set conversation piece he managed to extract the relevant data without ever putting his knife in it. |
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