英:['tʃɪttʃæt]
美:[ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt]
英:['tʃɪttʃæt]
美:[ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt]
chit·chat
chIt chaet
第三人称单数:chitchats
现在分词:chitchatting
过去式:chitchatted
过去分词:chitchatted
词根:chitter
vi.chitter 聊天;啾啾而鸣;冷得发抖
noun
casual or insignificant conversation.They always engage in a bit of chitchat before getting down to business.
gossip.Don't listen to that chitchat; it means nothing.
intransitive verb
to engage in chitchat.You can interrupt; we were just chitchatting.
reduplication of chat
The first known use of chitchat was in 1605
chitterlingsplural noun
the intestines of hogs especially prepared as food
chitinnoun
a horny substance that forms part of the hard outer body covering especially of insects and crustaceans
chitinnoun
a horny substance that forms part of the hard outer body covering especially of insects and crustaceans
chitchatnoun
small talk, gossip
1 We left Mamá standing just inside the door, holding Pita’s hand, chitchatting with Special Agent Gonzales.
2 There was the unexpectedly extensive tap list at the popular new ramen shop Underbelly, and the beer chitchat at the shoe store where I picked up some sandals.
3 She even started asking me what I liked for sandwiches and drinks, and at noon, she’d sit down with me to chitchat for a few minutes while I ate.
4 Coo as they both ride bikes and awkwardly chitchat.
5 Ms. Zagat likes to chitchat until she's well into a meal, rather than turning to business-related topics right away.
扎加特喜欢从闲聊开始,饭吃到相当程度才说起跟生意有关的事情,不会一上来就直奔主题。
6 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, 象往常一样闲聊了一会儿有关巴黎的情况.
7 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。
8 Real people chitchat, ramble, and say what comes into their minds with little filtering.
现实生活中,人们聊天,漫无目的,想到什么说什么,不用过滤。
9 As tea is made and Carol takes more unsettling calls from Andy’s caretakers, the chitchat occasionally moves into darker territory.
10 Let's get together for some chitchat.
我们聚聚聊聊。
11 I like to chitchat with my friends on phone.
我喜欢用电话跟我的朋友聊天。
12 Amy: You're right, he's a festival of humdrum chitchat.
艾米:你说得对,他果然在进行无聊的饭前寒暄。
13 Instead there’s much chitchat about blood and mutilation, pestilence and plague.
14 It's the chitchat we share with the clerk at the grocery store or a stranger at a party.
这是我们与杂货店里的销售员或者派对上的陌生人的闲聊。
15 I knew from my own coming out that it didn’t mean you wanted to belabor it, so I followed Todd’s lead, and the rest of the dinner was professional chitchat.
16 “The darkroom is not a place to hang out and chitchat!” came Ms. Bethune’s exasperated voice from outside.
17 “One More Time With Feeling” begins bumpily as the equipment is set up amid technical chitchat.
18 A large crowd, boisterously enjoying a dip whilst chitchatting and chortling, or a quiet night at home with nothing but your dip and a ton of chips and crudite.
19 ‘We don’t have time for chitchat. The Romans are attacking at dawn and I’ve got to -’ ‘We know,’ Will said.
20 There’s an arresting sequence of extracting caviar from sturgeon in China and some fairly banal chitchat with François Hollande, France’s former president.
1 聊天
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2 闲谈
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