tete-a-tete
['teita:'teit]
- n. 促膝谈心；两人间的私下谈话
- adj. 两人私下的；面对面的
- adv. 面对面地；两人私下地
英英释义
- 1. a private conversation between two people
- 2. small sofa that seats two people
实用场景例句
- The two women had a tete - a - tete in the corner.
- 两名妇女在角落里私下谈话.
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- The tete - a - tete was decorous in the extreme.
- 这次私下会面极为体面.
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- They dined tete - a tete.
- 他们两人在一起用餐.
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- They had dinner tete - a - tete.
- 他俩私下一起进餐.
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- By now we are tete - a - tete.
- 这会儿我们已经 面对面 的谈话了.
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中文词源
tete-a-tete 两人密谈
来自法语 tete-a-tete,头对头，来自古法语 teste,头，词源同 test,陶罐，检验，俚语义头。
英文词源
- tete-a-tete (n.)
- "a private meeting," from French tête-à-tête, literally "head-to-head," from Old French teste "head" (see tete). The adjective, "private, confidential, with none present but the persons concerned" is recorded from 1728; as an adverb from 1790.