palaver /pa'la: v3(r) US: -'iaev-; ps'Isevv/ n [C] (hist) talk or conference, esp one between traders or explorers and the people of the country; [U] idle talk; [U, C] (colloq) bother. (史) 商談; 交涉; 談判 (尤指外來(lái)商旅與當(dāng)?shù)厝酥g所作者); 閑談; (俗) 麻煩。 vi [VP2A] talk idly for a long time. 長(zhǎng)時(shí)間閑談; 閑聊。