解释
- 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
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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.