英:['tʃætərə]
美:['tʃætərə]
英:['tʃætərə]
美:['tʃætərə]
复数:chatterers
词根:chatty
adj.chatty 饶舌的;爱讲闲话的;非正式的
adv.chattily 饶舌地;爱讲闲话地
n.chatter 唠叨;饶舌;(动物的)啁啾声;潺潺流水声
chatterbox 喋喋不休者;唠叨的人
vi.chatter 唠叨;喋喋不休;(动物等)吱吱叫
vt.chatter 喋喋不休地说;使卡嗒卡嗒作声
verb
intransitive verb
to utter rapid short sounds suggestive of language but inarticulate and indistinct
squirrels chattered angrily
to talk idly, incessantly, or fast
to click repeatedly or uncontrollably
teeth chattering with cold
to vibrate rapidly in cutting
a chattering tool
to vibrate especially audibly as a consequence of repeated sticking and slipping
chattering brakes
transitive verb
to utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly
noun
the action or sound of chattering
idle talk : prattle
electronic and especially radio communication between individuals engaged in a common or related form of activityalso: such chatter regarding future hostile activities
a person who participates in online chat
Excite, Inc. … reports that users log a total of 7.5 to 8 million chat minutes on an average day. Half of online chatters are aged 18 to 34, and 15 percent are under age 17.—Rebecca Piirto Heath
Verb Middle English chatteren, of imitative origin
The first known use of chatter was in the 13th century
chauvinismnoun
exaggerated or unthinking patriotism
an attitude that the members of one's own sex are always better than those of the opposite sexalso: behavior that shows such an attitude
chauvinismnoun
exaggerated or unthinking patriotism
an attitude that the members of one's own sex are always better than those of the opposite sexalso: behavior that shows such an attitude
chauvinismnoun
exaggerated or unthinking patriotism
an attitude that the members of one's own sex are always better than those of the opposite sexalso: behavior that shows such an attitude
chauffeur1 of 2noun
a person employed to drive people in a car
chauffeur2 of 2verb
to do the work of a chauffeur
to transport as or as if as a chauffeur
chauffeured the children to school
chattyadjective
fond of chatting
a chatty neighbor
having the style of a chat
a chatty letter
chat1 of 2verb
to talk in a friendly manner about things that are not serious
to take part in an online discussion in a chat room
chat2 of 2noun
a light friendly conversation
a talk held over the Internet by people using a chat room
any of several songbirds with a chattering call
chattyadjective
fond of chatting
a chatty neighbor
having the style of a chat
a chatty letter
chatterverb
to utter rapid meaningless sounds suggesting speech
squirrels chattered angrily
to talk idly, continually, or rapidly
to click again and again without control
teeth chattering
chatterverb
to utter rapid meaningless sounds suggesting speech
squirrels chattered angrily
to talk idly, continually, or rapidly
to click again and again without control
teeth chattering
1 Many left him respectfully alone; and something of their feeling came to me the first time I was with him, when a stupid chatterer talked and asked too much.
2 I think the disappointment was in myself, for thinking that Samir was simply a small-minded chatterer.
3 Children chattered in the middle of the playground.
4 Who chatters excitedly about his latest obsession — the sport of triathlon — and the challenge of 70.3-mile races.
5 Inevitably, the Westminster chatterers are asking whether Boris might convert his Olympic dividend into enough political capital to carry him all the way to Downing Street.
6 Why comes he not, chatterer in the market, slayer of peace?
7 She was neither vicious, nor a gad-about, nor a great chatterer, nor idle, nor proud, which is a common vice among the young savages.
8 You shall hear my words, not those of the chatterers in the streets.
9 She was not a chatterer at any time, but after these moods she was almost sullen once more, and she fell upon her lessons with renewed zeal, as a monk flagellates his rebellious flesh.
10 Signora Giulia paid no attention to the chatterer, and calmly continued to read her poem.
11 "But you and our good cousin Roy are such awfully practical people!" ran on the chatterer.
12 There is too much latitude given to jabberers and chatterers in the present day.
13 Even among the offending chatterers, there was ambivalence about the prospect of onboard calls.
14 Victor Hugo's inheritance, which was ill administered by chatterers and chauvinists, by Déroulède and such poets with their big drums and their trumpet-flourishes, has been taken over in France by Verhaeren.
15 He dreaded to be alone, and no voice soothed him but that of the little chatterer.
16 Chatterer must be responsible for demurrage.
租船人必须对滞期负责。
17 Individuals who overhear cell-phone chatterers often try to guess what the unheard talker has just said or thought, contributing to distraction, Bergen proposes.
18 As he began to undo the box I expected to see some of our own rarer birds, perhaps the rose-breasted grossbeak or Bohemian chatterer.
19 Hold your tongue, cursed chatterer; there's nobody here to notice your face.
20 I could only watch the little chatterers from hour to hour and be thankful for every day that their home was unmolested.