conversation-stopper
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/kɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃənˌstɒp.ər/us/kɑːn.vɚˈseɪ.ʃənˌstɑː.pɚ/aremarkthatstopsthenaturalflowof theconversationbecause it isunexpectedand in some waycausesembarrassmentorshock:
（因导致尴尬或惊讶而）打断谈话的言论When she told us hersonwas inprison, it was arealconversation-stopper.当她告诉我们她儿子入狱了之后，大家都停止了谈话。
Informal talking & conversation
- badinage
- bantering
- bants
- bloviate
- bull session
- buzz
- catch up withsomeone
- chatter
- chinwag
- chit-chat
- discourse
- exchange
- gas
- heart-to-heart
- intercourse
- pass
- philosophize
- understand
- vox pop
- word-of-mouth