| 单词 |
meta-talk |
| 释义 |
meta-talk, n.|ˈmɛtətɔːk| [f. meta- + talk n.] Underlying messages or hidden significance in a conversation, etc. Cf. metacommunication n.
1953Mind LXII. 378 The meta-talk abounds in contextual and behavioural terminology. 1974Nierenberg & Calero (title) Meta-talk: guide to hidden meanings in conversation. Ibid. 9 For those meanings behind our ordinary talk we have coined the word ‘meta-talk’. 1982P. Dickson Words (1983) xlvii. 275 ‘Meta-talk’..amounts to the silent messages that are generated when we talk. 1992Vancouver Sun 10 Dec. d3/1 Without warning, the couple sometimes talk in overlapping dialogue as they offer their innermost but unvoiced thoughts as they express, in meta-talk, what they think is acceptable to the other. |

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