palaver
英[p?'lɑ?v?]
美[p?'lɑv?]
- n. 談判，交涉；奉承
- vi. 嘮叨；空談；奉承，拍馬
- vt. 奉承
英英釋意
- 1. flattery intended to persuade
- 2. loud and confused and empty talk;
- "mere rhetoric"
