chitchat

英 [ˈtʃɪttʃæt]

美 [ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt]

n.  闲聊; 聊天
vi.  闲谈

现在分词：chitchatting　过去式：chitchatted　第三人称单数：chitchats　过去分词：chitchatted　

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柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 闲聊;聊天
  Chit-chatis informal talk about things that are not very important.
  1. Not being a mother, I found the chit-chat exceedingly dull.
     我没当母亲，所以觉得那样的闲谈无聊透顶。

英英释义

noun

• light informal conversation for social occasions
  Synonym:chit-chatchit chatsmall talkgabgabfestgossiptittle-tattlechin wagchin-wagchin waggingchin-waggingcauserie

verb

• talk socially without exchanging too much information
  1. the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
  Synonym:chew the fatshoot the breezechatconfabulateconfabchit-chatchatterchaffernattergossipjawclavervisit

双语例句

• Not even the most dedicated person is immune to the temptation of occasional chitchat.
  即使是最专注的人也禁不起偶尔聊天的诱惑。
• The figure is good, have self-confident heart, others also likes to interact with your chitchat.
  身材好了，有自信心，别人也喜欢与你攀谈交往。
• There'll be plenty of time to chitchat once we get back to the village.
  一旦我们回到村庄我们将会有很多时间去闲谈。
• During a lunch break, he and the buyer passed the time with some chitchat.
  午饭休息时间，他与顾客谈天闲聊以消磨时间。
• A day giraffe with how many the kangaroos in the chitchat," you see, can these people continue again to add high your cage sons?" the giraffe asks.
  一天长颈鹿和几只袋鼠们在闲聊，“你们看，这些人会不会再继续加高你们的笼子？”长颈鹿问。
• The elderly at home together in twos and threes strip beans, wash vegetables and chitchat about the past, see the leaves carved by the traces of the years drift downstream.
  家中的老人三三两两聚在一起，剥豆子，洗蔬菜，拉拉家常叙叙往事，看岁月的痕迹刻在落叶上顺水而去。
• The Judge was not one for small talk, hated gossip and idle chitchat, whether written or a spoken.
  不管是写信，还是言谈，法官都不是个喜欢说闲话，他讨厌流言蜚语和琐碎的乱侃。
• EXAMPLE: I am bored by the chitchat at our company parties, so I usually leave early.
  公司聚会上的闲言碎语让我心烦，所以我通常早早离开。
• He talks about you nine times out of ten when we have a chitchat.
  每次我们闲聊他几乎都谈及你。
• Enough of the chitchat. where's the girl?
  说够了吧。那女的去哪里了？