colloquy

noun

1. 谈话；会谈
   a conversation

1. She had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate.
   她一直漫无目标地在道德的荒野中徘徊；那荒野同这荒林一样广漠、一样错综、一样阴森，而他俩如今正在这幽暗的林中进行决定他们命运的会谈。
2. Powell did not know why it was he had resolved to keep his own counsel as to his colloquy with Mr Smith.
   鲍威尔不知道为什么决定要把他跟史密斯先生的谈话保守秘密。
3. By the end of the Colloquy, Luther and Zwingli wept together and asked forgiveness for bitter words.
   在会谈的末了，路德和慈运理一起抱头痛哭，为尖刻的言语寻求赦免。
4. They stopped, and engaged in a whispered colloquy.
   他们停下来，小声地交换了一下意见。
5. A smoky tap-room presented itself, they entered, and the remainder of their confidential colloquy was lost in shadow.
   他们走到一个烟雾腾腾的咖啡馆门前，钻了进去，他们会议的尾声便消失在黑暗中了。
6. The little colloquy between mother and son, did them some slight service in the opinion of the audience.
   那母子间小小的对话，在旁听的者看来对他们产生了一些用处。

noun

1. formal conversation

2. a conversation especially a formal one