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
COCA.22764
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 闲聊;聊天
Chit-chatis informal talk about things that are not very important.- 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。
- Not being a mother, I found the chit-chat exceedingly dull.
英英释义
noun
- light informal conversation for social occasions
verb
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
双语例句
- After a few minutes of chitchat, Boris himself raised a very personal issue.
闲聊几分钟后,Boris自己谈起了一个十分私人的问题。 - Painful chitchat on a train is one thing, but workplace TMI is its own monster.
在火车上痛苦的闲聊是一回事,工作上的TMI却是个可怕怪兽。 - Too many young workers have harmed their own careers by focusing on chitchat over work, or by deciding to dislike the boss just because a coworker does.
随意评论工作中的人与事已经毁了太多年轻员工的职业生涯。因为同事不喜欢老板,所以自己也决定不喜欢,这样做法也同样不可取。 - Her essays appear every Friday in "Drilling Platform" of Miri Daily, and in other columns like "Chitchat" and "Long and Short".
每周五在美里日报「钻油台」专栏执笔,另有专栏「闲话」与「长短说」。 - 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。 - My father tried to make pleasant chitchat and eat as much as he could during halftime.
我父亲在中场休息时尽量聊些愉快的事儿并尽可能多吃东西。 - I met him the other day on the street, and had the usual chitchat about paris.
不久前的一天,我在街上碰到他,像往常一样闲聊了一会儿有关巴黎的情况。 - He shook hands without rising, and made pointless chitchat.
他握手的时候并不起身,所说的也是一些不着边际的寒喧话。 - The Internet has become the21st century's answer to word of mouth or over-the-garden-fence chitchat, so I think it's wise to keep tabs on what is said about me in cyberspace.
网络正成为21世纪的答案,代替口耳相传或者是邻里之间的口碑,因此我想去看看在网络空间中是怎样描述我的。 - Time spent on Facebook, however, is not just idle chitchat between friends, because the architecture of the place lends itself so easily to voyeurism and exhibitionism.
不过,在Facebook度过的时间,不仅仅是朋友间的闲聊,因为该网站的结构可以轻松地被窥淫癖和暴露癖者利用。
